North Miami Nursing Home Abuse Blog
Tips for selecting a Florida nursing home
Finding your parents, or helping them find, a nursing home is a huge responsibility. You’ll want to make sure they land in just the right place -- one that fulfills the needs for their care and where the staff treats them with respect. Given Florida’s large population...
Should you be concerned about resident-to-resident abuse?
Resident-to-resident abuse is a lesser-known form of elder abuse in nursing homes, but one could argue that this form is more troubling due to its obscurity. Resident-to-resident abuse is a concern for individuals with parents or family members in long-term care...
Elderly at increased risk for financial abuse
Whether your elderly loved one still lives on their own, at an assisted living center or nursing home, you need to pay attention and help safeguard them from mistreatment of all kinds. One type of abuse you may not have thought of yet but is a cause for great concern...
Nursing home residents with scabies need extra care to heal
Nursing homes are environments that have multiple, at-risk individuals who may have compromised immune systems due to age or other pre-existing medical conditions. In other words, nursing homes and similar facilities are a perfect environment for the spread of...
Two FL nursing homes hire a nurse accused of stealing medication
When your parents go into a nursing home facility, you trust the nurses and staff to provide them with proper care and treatment. Along with that care is ensuring they receive the medication they need to stay healthy and comfortable. Unfortunately, some workers may...
Long-term care planning: You need it for Alzheimer’s disease
Your loved one has developed Alzheimer’s disease, and you know that it is only a matter of time before they’ll need to be in a nursing home. One thing you should start looking into now is a memory care unit. Unlike a traditional nursing home, a memory care-focused...
Bedsores in nursing homes: What causes them
Bedsores (which are often called “pressure ulcers” by those in the medical field) are basically skin wounds caused by nothing more than repeated pressure and force against the body -- often from the victim’s own body. They typically occur anywhere that a patient’s...
Infection control must be a priority at nursing homes
Nursing home residents often have underlying health conditions, some of which impact the immune system. Because of this and the fact that these residents live in close quarters, infection control must be a priority in these facilities. According to News4Jax, there...
Signs that an Alzheimer’s patient may be underfed
People with advanced-stage Alzheimer’s disease often can’t take care of even the most basic self-maintenance. For those that need assistance in their feedings, choking risks plus the loss of cognitive function might mean that a patient needs meticulous personalized...
How to keep a senior safe in nursing care during a viral outbreak
Ever since the Covid-19 virus went pandemic, governments and private companies alike have been struggling with how to minimize the risks people face from the disease. In particular, there’s a lot of focus on trying to protect particularly vulnerable populations, like...
