While previous understandings of neglect and abandonment were reserved for situations involving severe physical neglect, we now know that it involves so much more. We also now know that these ...

Nursing home neglect occurs when an assisted living facility fails to properly care for a resident by not providing food, water, or basic medical care as well as not preventing falls, bedsores, and ...

Sixteen years ago sprinter Susanthika Jayasinghewas a national heroine, having become Sri Lanka‘s first woman to win an Olympic medal. Today she is a struggling single mother with only bitterness ...

Disability rights watchdogs have investigated the psychiatric hospital for incidents of abuse and neglect that have left patients traumatized and prompted city agencies that have multimillion ...

In a multi-million deal this fall, Orlando Health purchased Rockledge Hospital — then called Rockledge Regional Medical Center — from Steward, in addition to hospitals in Melbourne and ...

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A mother-of-seven has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for the "very serious" neglect of six of her children over a four-year period. An investigating garda previously told Dublin Circuit ...

Location: Living alone in Northeast Philadelphia, with no close relatives nearby. Situation: Self-neglect. She holds a job, but her memory is failing, likely dementia. Her house is teeming with trash ...

Hendrika van G., a 44-year-old woman from Middelharnis, stood trial on Monday for structurally abusing and neglecting her five children for years. Almost daily photos show five smiling kids, neatly ...

As Myanmar enters a fifth year under renewed military rule, it is staring down a grim future: Fractured communities continue to be terrorised by brutal killings and repeated air raids, while dwindling ...

Kate’s parents didn’t just prevent her from growing up, the court found – they told “a cascading series of lies” from 2016 about their daughter’s age, to cover up their neglect.