{"id":543,"date":"2012-12-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2012\/12\/28\/nursing_home_visits_key_to_the_mental_health_of_residents\/"},"modified":"2019-10-17T06:12:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T11:12:03","slug":"nursing_home_visits_key_to_the_mental_health_of_residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/nursing_home_visits_key_to_the_mental_health_of_residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing Home Visits Key to the Mental Health of Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Especially during the holidays, it is so important to visit loved ones, family members and friends who are residents of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nursing_home\">nursing home<\/a> facilities, assisted living facilities and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/medlineplus\/hospicecare.html\">hospice care<\/a> facilities. Nursing home residents who are surrounded by family and concerned friends always are uplifted. Too many times residents of nursing homes are lonely, become despondent, and their health declines.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of nursing homes who choose not to take regular meals and may be lost at times by nursing home staff can also fall into depression. That&#8217;s why it is so important for family members, loved ones and friends to regularly visit the residents of nursing homes, assisted living facilities and hospice care centers.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is it more likely that nursing home staff will respond to requests made by the resident and family members when visitors are frequent, but the general outlook of an elderly person or one recovering from injury or illness is significantly increased by the presence of family and friends. The more visits, the better, as a general rule.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/nursing_home_visits_key_to_the_mental_health_of_residents\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Nursing Home Visits Key to the Mental Health of Residents\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Especially during the holidays, it is so important to visit loved ones, family members and friends who are residents of nursing home facilities, assisted living facilities and hospice care facilities. Nursing home residents who are surrounded by family and concerned friends always are uplifted. 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