Dementia Types and Symptoms

Dementia is not a single, specific disease, but rather is a term used to describe a wide variety of symptoms associated with memory loss and/or the deterioration of cognitive function, to the point that it severely interferes...

Diabetes mellitus, or simply diabetes, is quite prevalent in the elderly population of the United States. Upwards of 24 percent of residents in nursing homes are afflicted with a form of diabetes. Residents with diabetes require...

A serious problem in nursing homes across the United States is understaffing. Many nursing homes either do not have enough trained people to provide adequate care to residents, or have a deficiency in the number of skilled or...

Bedsores are a clear sign of abuse and neglect in the nursing home or long-term care facility and are typically categorized into one of four stages. Each stage requires specific treatment techniques. Once the correct stage is...

The leading cause of serious injury and accidental death in nursing homes is that of accidental falls. At best, an accidental fall causes just a few scratches or some bruising, but older individuals are less resilient to sudden...

Wandering is not necessarily a bad thing for nursing home residents to engage in unless it is unsafe or exposes the resident to harm. There are many things that can be done to prevent unsafe wandering. Some techniques that are...

Over the past 10 years, there has been a significant increase in the number of ethnic minorities entering nursing home facilities. Chicago is no stranger to the idea of grouping ethnically similar nursing home residents together,...

La Residence du Havre In the early morning hours on January 23, 2014, a fire tore through a three-story nursing home community in L’Isle-Verten, a small town located in Quebec, Canada. The community, La Residence du Havre,...

Bedsores are very common in nursing homes and are sometimes confused with deep tissue injuries because the two share many signs and symptoms. However, the two are separate, but related, injuries, with both requiring different...

Accidental falls are a leading cause of nursing home injury. In addition to the minor injuries that can be sustained from a fall, such as scrapes and bruises, more severe injuries are common, such as fractured or broken hips,...