How Do Bed Sores Form in Nursing Homes? Lack of movement and improper hygiene are major factors in developing bedsores. Pressure sores result from restricted blood flow in a particular area...
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) and foot ulcers are serious conditions that require proactive prevention and effective treatment to improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs. Nursing homes a...
Employing a unique data set of executive compensation at 2,700 nursing homes in 2001 and 2002, this paper improves on Brickley and Van Horn’s analysis in three important ways. First, we...
The number of nursing homes to provide the elderly with in-residence care has increased considerably However, the quality control policies for those centers have not grown at the same speed. Estima...
She's had no bed sores, no respiratory infections. Those can be common — and deadly — for... A new NPR analysis found that although there are fewer young people in nursing homes today...
Nursing home or assisted living facility abuse include the following: ; Assault or battery of the resident, such as slapping, threatening the resident, and unauthorized physical contact ; Financial abuse like embezzlement, theft, or manipulation to change terms in the elderly person’s will ; Unlawful sexual contact with the elderly resident or patient ; Negligent caretaking, such as not providing medication as needed or not meeting the resident’s caretaking needs
Black nursing home residents are more likely than white residents to develop blisters and sores that can eventually lead to muscle and bone damage, according to a new study
Bed sores are wounds you can get after staying in the same position for a long time. Find out what the sores look like and how to prevent them.
single-bed rooms • Price per day, including any extra charges for private rooms This... served in nursing homes. Examples of the adjustors used are, but are not limited to: age, gender...
Paraplegia 30 (1992) 828-833 © 1992 International Medical Society of Paraplegia Young spinal cord injured patients in nursing homes: rehospitalization issues and outcomes S I Weingarden MD...