Your loved one’s safety is a top priority. When your loved one resides in an elderly care facility, they should receive the care they need within a secure environment. This applies in a nursing home, assisted living or a memory care unit. Unfortunately, some nursing...
Elderly individuals, particularly those residing in nursing homes, can experience a range of health conditions. Even the healthiest senior may gradually decline in health over time. However, when there’s a sudden, unexplained decline or visible signs of neglect, it...
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...
When your family places a loved one in a nursing care facility, you do so with the expectation that he or she will receive quality care. It can be devastating to learn that your loved one may be experiencing care that does not meet appropriate standards, and in fact,...
Patient falls in nursing homes remains a serious topic. Even minor spills among older individuals sometimes lead to injuries, and sharper falls can result in long-term health complications. Care facilities can do plenty to reduce the frequency of tumbles that happen...
A potential elopement episode is one of the most common fears of families when placing their loved ones in Maryland nursing homes. This is a resident’s unsupervised act of wandering or leaving the facility, making them a “flight risk.” They often do this as a...
Any adult child will naturally feel profound frustration upon learning that their elderly loved one endures sitting on soiled clothing due to nursing home negligence. After all, the facility has broken their trust when they expect nothing but dignified care. Adding...
Sometimes, suffering hides in silence. Referred to as the “silent disease,” osteoporosis quietly develops as it weakens a person’s bones. The bones’ brittleness goes unnoticed until a spine, hip or wrist fracture happens. Your elderly loved one may be particularly...
Anything left untreated can only worsen and develop fatal complications. From a minor softened tissue area and shallow skin loss, bedsores can turn into a crater-like open wound, which progresses into infections deep enough to penetrate several areas of the body....
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...
