Nursing home residents are at an elevated risk of experiencing a fall because they not only need special care and attention, but hazards also abound. Intrinsic risk factors often include the natural bodily decline that comes with age, underlying health conditions and...
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 50% to 75% of nursing home and assisted living residents in Maryland and across the country suffer one or more falls annually, which can lead to serious injury. Helpfully, recent studies...
If you have an elderly loved one in a Maryland nursing home, you expect them to be safe and receive the care they need. However, if you’ve learned that your loved one suffered a fall, you might wonder why it happened. Certain factors commonly lead to these types of...
Falls are very common in Maryland nursing homes, unfortunately. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, roughly half of all nursing home residents take at least one fall every year. Approximately one-third of the patients that fall will experience...
Did you know that falls cause over 95% of hip fractures and are responsible for a large number of traumatic brain injuries? Residents of Towson and other nearby areas in Maryland might want to learn more about what research shows in regard to nursing homes and falls....
You hesitated to put your aging mother or father into a nursing home, but you felt it was the right thing to do. Recently, your loved one fell, and the nursing home may not know what happened. Medical supply manufacturer AliMed provides common reasons for falls in...
Due to frailty as a result of their age, health conditions and other factors, nursing home residents may have an increased risk of falling. Whether falls occur while walking, getting out of bed or performing other activities, they may cause elderly adults to suffer...
Did Your Loved One Suffer A Fall In A Nursing Home? In a nursing home, certain patients should not be walking around the facility unassisted. Whether the problem is balance, medication or dementia, these individuals need special care and attention from the nursing...
Maryland has laws in place to hold nursing home staff accountable for preventable falls. Nursing home supervisors must implement risk reduction strategies and ensure staff are always attentive to the needs of their patients. Evaluate how much assistance a client needs...
If your loved one is among the more than 24,000 older adults currently in a nursing home in Maryland, your expectation is that they will be well cared for during their stay. You probably helped make arrangements, chose the facility or talked to others who stayed...
