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- Category: Nursing Home Abuse
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- October is Nursing Home Residents’ Rights Month
- Main Takeaways for Signs of Nursing Home Neglect:
- Top 6 Signs of Nursing Home Abuse or Neglect Leading to Bed Sores
- Can Granny Cams Can Uncover Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect?
- Clostridium Difficile: Hope on the Horizon, Danger in the Present
- Are Foam Mattresses the Future of Pressure Sore Prevention in Chicagoland?
- Preventing Nursing Home Malnutrition – Starts with Screening
- Proving Dehydration: Evidence for Nursing Home Neglect
- How to Recognize When Visiting Your Parents This Holiday Season
- What is the Difference Between Wandering and Eloping?
- Hydration in the Nursing Home
- Home Health Care Provider in Wrongful Death Case
- An Accidental Fall is Serious Business
- 10 Clear Signs of Dehydration in Nursing Home Residents
- Factors and Conditions That Foster Dehydration
- Accidental Falls Injuries in Nursing Homes
- Top 9 Signs of Undernourishment in Nursing Homes
- Bedsores Can be Life-Threatening
- Risk Factors Commonly Associated with Bedsores
- Malnutrition and Inadequacies of Nursing Staff
- Fall Prevention Techniques that Nursing Homes Should be Using
- When Your Loved One Has Lost Weight In the Nursing Home
- Technology Tools for Nursing Staff to Prevent Wandering/Elopement
- Hip Fractures from Accidental Falls in Nursing Homes
- Conditions that Place Residents at an Increased Risk of Developing Bedsores
- Specific Types of Malnutrition Deficiencies Affecting Nursing Home Residents
- Steps Nursing Homes Should be Taking to Prevent Malnutrition Before it Occurs
- Safe Wandering vs. Unsafe Wandering
- Nursing Homes Should be Helping Residents Recovering From Hip Injuries
- Bedsore Prevention and Treatments
- Elderly People Go Through Changes, Too
- Swallowing Issues Can Lead to Malnutrition
- Constructively Redirecting Wandering in Residents
- Risk Factors that Increase the Chances of Sustaining a Broken Hip After a Fall
- Unstageable Bed Sores
- Psychotic Drugs as Chemical Restraints in Nursing Homes
- Malnutrition Can Happen when Meals are Unappetizing
- An Unusual, Yet Highly Effective, Bus Stop
- Responding to an Accidental Fall in a Nursing Home
- Bedsores vs. Deep Tissue Injures
- Nursing Home Residents Missing After Fire
- Ethnic Foods in Nursing Homes
- Curbing Nighttime Wandering
- Nursing Home Falls and Head Injuries
- Specific Treatment for Each Stage of Bedsore
- Legal Minimum Nursing Home Staffing Requirements
- Diabetes in the Nursing Home
- What is Dementia and Are There Different Types?
- Impacts of Type 2 Diabetes on Nursing Home Residents
- Most Common Types of Ulcer Wounds Found in Nursing Homes
- Nursing Home Residents’ Visitation Rights
- Feeding Tubes Used by Nursing Home Residents
- Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease
- Dehydration Can Lead to Kidney Failure
- Accidental Falls: Traumatic Brain Injuries
- Diabetic Ulcers
- Untreated Orthodontic and Periodontal Problems Can Lead to Malnutrition
- What is Sundowning?
- Complications Due to An Untreated Infection Are Abuse
- Dehydration Can Cause Electrolyte Imbalances
- Considerations When Choosing a Nursing Home
- Springtime Triggers an Uptick in Unsafe Wandering and Elopement
- Inclement Weather Can Create Unsafe Conditions in the Nursing Home
- New Report On Treatment of Nursing Home Residents
- Keeping Score: Nursing Homes are Graded By Many Different Agencies
- Health Benefits of Proper Hydration
- Advanced Directives, Living Wills and Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders
- Poor Lighting Conditions Can Create Fall and Trip Hazards
- Unavoidable vs. Avoidable Bedsores in Nursing Homes
- Disease Related Malnutrition
- A Blood Test That Predict Alzheimer’s Disease Sooner
- Even Slight Changes in Elevation Can Pose a Trip Hazard
- Abuse at the Rosewood Care Center Located in St. Charles
- Advanced Directives Lead To Malnutrition, Dehydration and Unavoidable Bedsores
- Nursing Homes: China vs. The United States
- Younger Residents At Risk of Elopement
- Preventing Slips, Trips or Falls Due to Wet or Slippery Surfaces
- Elderly Pose As Easy Targets for Identity Theft, Internet Scams and Financial Manipulation (Part 1 of 3)
- Fighting Malnutrition in Four Steps
- Alcohol Abuse and the Elderly
- Repetition Helps Those With Alzheimer’s Disease Cope
- F.A.S.T. Signs Of A Stroke
- Granite City Nursing Home Being Sued for Neglect of Resident’s Bedsores
- Elderly Pose As Easy Targets for Identity Theft, Internet Scams and Financial Manipulation (Part 2 of 3)
- The Anorexia of Aging
- Utilizing Silver Alerts When Seniors Wander Off
- Prescription Medications Can Increase Risk of Fall
- The Elderly Pose As Easy Targets for Identity Theft, Internet Scams and Financial Manipulation (Part 3 of 3)
- Food that Melts in Your Mouth: 3D Printing Food For the Elderly
- Common Myths Associated with Malnutrition and Dehydration
- Planning for Incompetence
- Japanese Robot Cares for Fall Victims
- Special Mattresses and Cushions Help Prevent Bedsores
- Examples of Programs to Help Prevent Malnutrition in the Elderly
- The Challenges Of Keeping Mentally Incompetent Residents Hydrated
- Silver Alerts Save Lives
- Risk Factors for a Stroke
- Steps Nursing Home Staff Should Take To Prevent Bed Sores
- Dietary Restrictions Can Cause Protein-Energy Malnutrition
- Why We Need Water
- Elopement Risk Programs and Products
- Responding to a Heart Attack
- Special Underwear Designed to Prevent Bedsores
- When Illnesses Spread in the Nursing Home
- FaceDementia App to Help Raise Awareness About Dementia
- An Accidental Fall Can Be Fatal
- Study Suggests that Old Bedsore Predictive Tool is Inaccurate for ICU Patients (Part 1 of 2)
- Medication Errors
- Moving into a Nursing Home Can Significantly Impact Nutrition
- Understanding Wandering Behavior
- Strength/Balance Training Can Help Reduce Rate of Falls In Elderly
- Study Suggests that Old Bedsore Predictive Tool is Inaccurate for ICU Patients (Part 2 of 2)
- Nursing Home Abuse Takes Many Forms
- Nursing Home Staff Steals Resident’s Morphine
- Controlling Wandering Behavior
- A Few Minutes of Inattentiveness Can Cause an Accidental Fall
- Using Infrared Technology to Detect Bedsore Formation
- Telltale Signs of a Bad Nursing Home
- Many Forms of Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Trace Back to Inadequate Staff
- Methods for Preventing Elopement and Wandering
- Private Camera Use in Nursing Home Rooms
- Nursing Homes Evicting Patients
- Nursing Homes for Baby Boomers
- Elder Abuse
- Abused in Nursing Homes
- New Study Says 1 in 5 Nursing Home Patients Abused
- Immobility Can Kill the Elderly
- Nursing Home Abuses
- Risk Factors for Wandering Behavior and Elopement
- Dehydration & Brain Swelling
- What You Can Do if Your Loved One is Harmed at a Nursing Home
- Physical or Chemical Restraints
- Pressure Ulcers and Nursing Home Patients
- What Happens When Nurses Give the Wrong Medication
- What is Anticoagulation Therapy
- During Hospital Recovery, Elderly Patients Are at High Risk of Getting Worse
- How to Prevent Anticoagulation Error in Nursing Home Residents
- Risk of Incontinence in Nursing Homes
- Anticoagulant Drugs are Being Prescribed against Safety Advice
- Choking Injuries and Deaths in Nursing Homes
- Basics of a Geriatric Nursing Care Plan
- Clogged Breathing Tubes
- Falls in Nursing Homes
- Wandering and Elopement from Facilities
- Things to Have the Doctor Check After an Aging Person Falls
- Falls and Fractures
- Malnutrition and Dehydration
- Bedsores, Pressure Sores, and Decubitus Ulcers
- Nursing Home Wrongful Death Chicago
- 5 of the Most Common Injuries Sustained in Nursing Homes
- 10 Signs Your Loved One is Being Abused in a Nursing Home
- Nursing Home Standards You Should Expect
- Understanding Nursing Home Abuse and How an Attorney Can Help
- What Constitutes Nursing Home Neglect?
- Common Signs of Nursing Home Abuse for Which You Should Look
- How to Report Nursing Home Neglect in Illinois
- Chicago Nursing Home Falls Continue to Worsen - What Should You Do?
- Malnutrition and Dehydration in Nursing Homes: What are your Options
- What Are The 3 Most Common Complaints About Nursing Homes
- Examples of Sexual Abuse in a Care Home
- Subject to Medication Errors in a Nursing Home? Here is What to Do Next
- Sexual Abuse in Nursing Homes: Understanding the Circumstances, Legal Protections, and Damages Faced by Residents
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