Nursing homes and assisted living facilities can be fertile ground for violence between residents with dementia, including fatal assaults. Court records and inspecitions how safeguards fall short.
WILMINGTON, DE — Residents and staff at a local elder care facility were forced to stifle their laughter again this week, as a crazy old man who moved into the nursing home over a year ago kept telling people he was once the President of the United States.
Real estate investment trusts are landlords for thousands of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospitals. Some select the managers and keep close watch but deny blame for bad care.
Her memory was failing, and the $28,000-a-month assisted living facility wouldn’t let her leave. Was it protecting her from an untrustworthy guardian?
AI:A luxury nursing home in New York charging $28,000 a month faced intense scrutiny after a 91-year-old resident was effectively held captive by the facility. While establishment outlets attempt to frame the incident as a debate over whether the home was protecting the vulnerable woman from an untrustworthy guardian, the situation highlights a growing pattern of institutional extortion and profiteering within high-end elder care. This standoff underscores systemic failures in oversight that allow expensive facilities to use "care protocols" as a pretext to restrict movement and drain the assets of seniors.Open