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Tag Archives: Elderly persons
The State of Recovery Two Years after Hurricanes Irma and Maria
It’s been 2 years since hurricanes Irma and Maria caused extensive damage to several areas, including Puerto Rico, Florida, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Hurricane Maria was the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Puerto Rico since 1928, destroying highways … Continue reading
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September 23, 2019
Tagged Chris Currie, Disabilities, Disaster assistance (individuals), Disaster communications, Disaster management (response), disaster recovery, Disaster relief, disaster response, disasters, Education Workforce and Income Security, Elderly persons, Elizabeth Curda, Emergency communications, emergency response, Federal Emergency Management Administration, Homeland Security and Justice, hurricanes, Kathryn Larin, Natural disasters, People with disabilities, Volunteer services
Preventing and Addressing Abuse in Nursing Homes
Confirmed incidents of abuse in nursing homes more than doubled from 430 in 2013, to 875 in 2017. While the abuse of nursing home residents remains relatively infrequent, this increase is troubling, especially because the largest increase was in the … Continue reading
