Category: Senior Safety

Elder Law Pelham, AL: Elder Abuse

Five Steps to Take if You Suspect Your Mom is Being Physically Abused

No one wants to think about their parent being abused in an assisted living community, caregiver’s home, VA hospital, or nursing home.

Nursing-Home Abuse

When we finally have to make the difficult decision to move our loved one to a nursing-home, we trust that the home will take care of them the same way we would have at home. Too often though, this is not the case! Almost everyone has heard a story about nursing home abuse. Poorly trained…
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What Steps Do You Take If You Suspect Nursing Home Abuse?

Nursing home abuse isn’t always a case of staff harming a resident. It can be one resident harming another either emotionally or physically.

Know Your Mom’s Rights if You Suspect Elder Abuse

Elder abuse includes physical, mental, emotional, and financial practices that cause harm.