| Every nursing home resident is vulnerable to potential | | | | effective means to preventing abuse and neglect in a |
| abuse and neglect. If your loved one currently resides | | | | California nursing home is to have unscheduled visits |
| in a California nursing home, there are steps you can | | | | with your loved one on a regular basis. By visiting |
| take to uncover potential abuse or neglect before | | | | your loved one often, you will get to know not only |
| the situation has the chance to worsen. By remaining | | | | the staff, and your loved one's usual routine, but you |
| vigilant and proactive in your support of your loved | | | | will also get to know the condition of the nursing |
| one, you can avoid the potential for nursing home | | | | home itself. Cleanliness is a big indicator of the level |
| abuse in a California nursing home. Use the following | | | | of care that your loved one receives, and by |
| tips to help you keep your loved one safe, and | | | | dropping in unannounced you will see the real |
| ensure that he or she receives appropriate care at all | | | | conditions that your loved one lives with on a daily |
| times while in the care of nursing home staff. | | | | basis, rather than a facility that has been prepped in |
| Make Unscheduled Visits â your most | | | | anticipation of your visit. |