Each year, more and more disabled elderly men and women are sent to care
homes where they are looked after by nurses and doctors and remain in
residency. However, a new study by the
Care Quality Commission shows that almost half of all nursing homes and other residential care
facilities for disabled men and women are substandard. To be exact, 48
percent of all hospitals and care homes that were inspected in a recent
research project were not up to par with the U.S. care home standards.
In many homes, patients were locked in their rooms, bullied by patients
or staff, or left without active treatments that kept them there longer.
People in these homes were bored, distressed, and depressed. They also
felt that they were not being treated like individuals. The staff used
restraints that were both physical and chemical in nature to satisfy patients
and keep them quiet when they didn’t have time to attend to them.
As well, the people were at huge risk to abuse in these care homes. The
independent services that were inspected proved to be twice as likely
to fail to meet standards as the homes that were provided by the NHS. The
Department of Health aims to fix these falling standards and advocate the fair and gentle treatment
of disabled men and women in nursing homes and other medical treatment
residences.
If you or a loved one is disabled and have been placed in a home, you may
be living off of social security disability benefits. If for any reason
your benefits are withdrawn, then you need to talk to an attorney. At the
Zendeh Law Firm, we have an entire practice devoted to making sure that you are given
the social security benefits that you deserve. Talk to us today for more
information.