Nursing Home Negligence

If you have a loved one in the hospital, you should be aware of his or her fall risk. After all, despite often causing catastrophic injuries and even death, hospital falls are alarmingly common. In fact, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,...

If you have a loved one who lives with a chronic illness, you undoubtedly know how frustrating these ailments can be. Indeed, while your relative may seem and feel mostly fine one day, he or she might need a trip to the hospital the next day. Chronic illnesses are...

Hospital understaffing has existed as an acknowledged problem in the medical industry for many decades by this point. Unfortunately, this problem only worsens by the year. On top of that, can it actually lead to an increase in negligence? The risk of understaffing...

Though many people have likely heard of the dangers that a serious fall can pose, it is far too easy to think of it as something that only happens to the elderly or disabled. However, falls can happen to anyone at any time, and for any reason. In fact, people at...

If you have an elderly relative who lives in a nursing home, you depend on health care professionals there to meet his or her needs. Still, nursing homes can be busy places, with each resident having specific and unique requirements. With staffing shortages currently...

Entrusting your loved one to a nursing home is one of the most difficult decisions many people will make. However, some simply do not have the facilities, expertise or time that needs to go into caring for the elderly. Unfortunately, though, some of these nursing...

As you deal with finding a nursing home for your loved one and helping him or her settle into their new life, you may begin to notice signs of neglect as time goes on. Since people tend to need more help for physical and emotional issues as they age, being able to...

Giving a pill to someone in a nursing home who needs medication is not quite as simple as it sounds. Errors related to the administration of medications are common, a troubling fact for families of nursing home residents. Medication standards State inspectors are...

Choosing a long-term facility for a loved one can be a daunting task, particularly when there are horror stories about nursing home abuse and neglect. Nursing homes are for those who need round the clock supervision, nursing care and assistance with regular, everyday...

If you notice lesions on your elderly loved one, you might actually be looking at physical proof of negligence. These lesions could be something known colloquially as bedsores, or pressure ulcers in medical terminology. But what are bedsores? How they come to be may...