Geriatric Nursing Care Plan: The Basics

One of the most important factors when evaluating a nursing home for an elderly family member is the care plan the facility presents and follows. Quality care in these settings...

For many residents in a nursing home, swallowing food can be difficult, which means staff must closely monitor and assist with their nutritional intake, and an Illinois nursing home abuse...

According to a 2009 study, incontinence affects over 50 percent of nursing home residents across the country. Incontinence, defined as the loss of bladder or bowel control, in elderly nursing home patients...

Anticoagulation therapy is commonly used to reduce the risk of blood clot formation in nursing home residents who may be at an increased risk of suffering a stroke due to immobility,...

In theory, patients enter hospitals to heal and recover. Sadly, many older patients face a high risk of decline during recovery. An acute illness often leaves them unable to live...

Anticoagulation therapy makes use of drugs [called anticoagulants] that reduces the body’s ability to form blood clots. These drugs are able to do this by inhibiting the production of Vitamin K...

Whether a resident in a nursing home is restrained physically or through the use of chemicals can either be a positive or negative action on the part of the staff,...

Not so long ago, society generally and families in particular, dealt with the physical and mental problems of aging loved ones differently than today. To begin with, the need to...

There’s a lot more to being dehydrated than just being thirsty, but for most people being thirsty isn’t a good thing. It usually means that they are already at least...