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: Illinois Nursing Home Abuse BlogNursing Home Murder Suicide Raises Questions About Attention to Resident Mental Health
By Levin & Perconti
An elderly couple has died in a nursing home, apparently the result of a nursing home murder-suicide. The husband of the nursing home resident, who often spent time with his wife in the nursing home, apparently shot her in the head before killing himself. News reports indicate that there was a suicide note that both had signed. This incident raises serious questions about the ability of nursing home staff to diagnose mental disorders and depression in nursing home residents. Often, nursing home psychological and psychiatric staff are in short supply and many nurses and nursing aides may not be trained to detect signs of mental illness. It is important that family members stay active and involved with their loved ones? mental health.
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Full post as published by Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog on May 07, 2008 (boomark / email).
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