http://www.eadaily.com Resource and Information on Elder and Nursing Home Abuse Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:10:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Anchorage Municipality has the greatest number of reported and unreported cases of elder abuse, accounting for nearly 40% of all of Alaska's cases, according to EADaily.com estimates.   Matanuska-Susitna and Fairbanks North Star boroughs have the second and third most cases of elder abuse, respectively. Just two regions, Anchorage Municipality and Fairbanks ... http://www.eadaily.com/16/alaska-elder-abuse-data-and-statistics/ There are nearly 6 million cases of elder abuse every year.  That's approximately one case every five seconds.  Unfortunately, many of these cases will go unreported. According to EADaily.com's projections, California continues to be the state with the greatest number of elder abuse cases in the U.S., with 36% ... http://www.eadaily.com/15/elder-abuse-statistics/ EADaily.com estimates that Los Angeles County, CA, has approximately 160,000 cases of elder and nursing home abuse every year, with most of these cases going unreported.  LA County alone represents over 25% of all cases in California. LA is followed by Orange County at approximately 53,000 cases, or 8.4% of the ... http://www.eadaily.com/10/california-elder-abuse-data-and-statistics/ Slip and falls are common across the United States.  Despite the fact that slip and falls are preventable, they are still  one of the most common injuries that take place within a nursing home. Here is a list of things that you can do, to protect the elderly from a slip ... http://www.eadaily.com/23/how-to-report-slip-and-falls/ There are many cases of wrongful deaths that occur as a result of nursing home abuse or neglect, across the U.S., ever year. Many of these deaths involve the elderly, as they tend to be the most vulnerable group. While it may be difficult attribute a wrongful death to a ... http://www.eadaily.com/23/reporting-wrongful-deaths/ According to Alabama's Department of Human Resources, in 1992, there were 8,850 cases of adult abuse in the state, with many involving older victims.Another report released by Alabama's Adult Protective Services revelealed that there were about 840 reported cases of elderly abuse in 2004.The data below is the estimated number ... http://www.eadaily.com/15/alabama-elder-abuse-prevention/ To report elder abuse in Mississippi: Mississippi Nursing Home Elder Abuse In-State: (800) 222-8000 Out of State: (601) 359-4991 Domestic/Community Elder Abuse In-State: (800) 222-8000 Out of State: (601) 359-4991 In Mississippi, elder abuse is the willful infliction of injury, intimidation or punishment that either leads to, or results in harm, both mentally and physically. Possible Signs of ... http://www.eadaily.com/14/reporting-elder-abuse-mississippi/ To report elder abuse in Wyoming: Wyoming Nursing Home Elder Abuse - (800) 457-3659 Domestic/Community Elder Abuse In-State: (800) 457-3659 Out of State: (307) 777-3602 Wyoming's Adult Protective Services was established to ensure that the safety of the state's elderly population is safe and that its basic needs are met. If you ... http://www.eadaily.com/05/reporting-elder-abuse-wyoming/ To report elder abuse in Wisconsin: Wisconsin Nursing Home Elder Abuse In-State: (800) 815-0015 Out of State: (608) 246-7013 Domestic/Community Elder Abuse  - (608) 266-2536 Wisconsin's elder population is growing.  Unfortunately, as the population continues to grow, so do the number of elder abuse cases.  Even more concerning is that many of those cases will never ... http://www.eadaily.com/04/reporting-elder-abuse-wisconsin/ To report elder abuse in West Virginia: West Virginia Nursing Home Elder Abuse - (800) 352-6513 Domestic/Community Elder Abuse - (800) 352-6513 As West Virginia's elderly population continues to grow, the number of cases of elder abuse will rise along with it. Unfortunately, most of those cases will go ... http://www.eadaily.com/03/reporting-elder-abuse-west-virginia/