When an elderly loved one is a resident at a nursing home, they are quite vulnerable and often very frail. In some cases, their ability to speak is compromised from a stroke or other illness. Nonverbal patients are especially at risk for neglect from medical...
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Month: December 2021
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When is a business to blame for a slip-and-fall incident?
People fall all the time, frequently due to mistakes that they make themselves. They have too much alcohol to drink and lose their sense of balance, or they forget to tie their shoes and trip. Slip-and-falls are a leading cause of death and injury. However, sometimes...
Do you know the symptoms of acute dehydration?
In a nursing home, one of the things that residents should have monitored is their fluid intake. The elderly often have trouble drinking enough water to stay hydrated, so the staff should be monitoring how much water they have in their meals or cups in their rooms....