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Most people are familiar with common types of nursing home abuse: physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, financial abuse, and neglect. However, with the fast rise of mobile devices and related social media platforms, a new kind of elder abuse has developed in nursing homes and care facilities across the country: social media nursing home…

Elder abuse and neglect are far too common in the United States and in West Virginia. Because many seniors who live in nursing homes or assisted living facilities often do not have the ability to report their mistreatment, it is firmly in the hands of their loved ones and their community members to ensure that…