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

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...

Main Takeaways: Immobility in the elderly can be the result of physical injuries, medical conditions, or the patient’s mental health. Common effects of immobility include constipation, muscle deterioration, and shallow...

Effectively erasing the mind of the afflicted person, Alzheimer’s disease, and the various other forms of dementia can be devastating. Sometimes people with these conditions cope by engaging in wandering behavior. There...

A heart attack, also known as a cardiac arrest, is a serious medical condition that occurs when blood supply is cut off to the heart. Smooth muscle cells in the...

Wandering happens at any time and places residents in serious danger. The risk rises for older adults with cognitive impairments such as dementia, amnesia, cerebral palsy, or Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, or...