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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...

Sometimes elderly people are afflicted with diseases or conditions that will ultimately render them mentally incompetent. Once these individuals become incompetent, they will be unable to make their own decision,...

In 2014, the last of the Baby Boomer generation will turn 50 years old. While this group of individuals is still young and spry, they are all collectively getting older....

Elopement, which occurs when a nursing home resident takes unauthorized leave of the facility, is not a behavior that is limited to those residents having known cognitive impairments, such as Alzheimer’s...