Anticoagulation Therapy Uses in Nursing Homes

Anticoagulants are used to reduce the ability of the body to form blood clots. If clots have already been formed, anticoagulants will not dissolve them, but may keep the clots from getting bigger. Anticoagulants work by keeping...

What Are Anticoagulants? Prescription medications designed to decrease your blood’s ability to clot are called anticoagulants, or less accurately, blood thinners. However, anticoagulants don’t actually denature your blood....

What is an anticoagulation drug? These are a set of medications which are designed to help people who are at risk for developing blood clots. The premise behind the medications is they “thin” the blood to avoid...

The 4 Stages of Pressure Sores There are four identifiable stages of bed sores. At Stage 1, these pressure sores look red in color and they tend to have a different temperature and firmness than the skin around them. Stage 2...

Some nursing home patients, including those with diabetes and those who are frail, are at high risk for skin breakdown or bed sores. Nursing home staff is required to take appropriate steps to prevent skin breakdown in these...

It is NOT normal for nursing home patients to develop bed sores, and it is elder abuse. While the elderly are more prone to skin breakdown due to thinner skin and less fat, proper care and attention can and do lessen the...

Proper care and attention in nursing homes can avoid most bed sores, also called pressure sores or pressure ulcers. Unfortunately, statistics from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention show that more than one in 10...

Nursing Home Risk Assessments for Bed Sores Part of the initial assessments that nursing home providers must complete upon bringing on a new resident includes assessing that individual’s potential risk for pressure ulcers,...

Medical staff uses endotracheal tubes, or breathing tubes, to open a patient’s airway and increase oxygen intake. The tubes are usually attached to ventilators, or breathing machines, to keep oxygen intake consistent. If a...

Under the Nursing Home Reform Act, nursing homes have the legal responsibility to ensure that every resident maintains healthy nutrition and hydration levels. To meet this responsibility does not mean making sure there’s a...