Florida's expecting mothers may feel a mix of joy and concern before they give birth. They are often excited to meet their newborn child, yet worry about the child's safety as well as her own. In most cases, doctors utilize their training and adhere to the standard of...
A Florida nursing home was recently fined for neglect that may have resulted in a resident's death. The Agency for Health Care Administration rendered the $36,000 fine after an investigation determined nursing home employees failed to assess a patient's unexplained...
Medication can work wonders on a medical condition. It can reduce the severity of symptoms or eliminate them and, in some cases, it can even cure an ailment. However, if used improperly, medication can be just as damaging to a patient's health as the medical condition...
This blog often discusses nursing home neglect that leaves individuals seriously injured or dead. While many of these incidences occur in traditional nursing homes intended to care for elderly residents who are merely too old to care for themselves, these preventable...
Most nursing homes welcome families and their elderly loved ones with a warm, comforting smile. Though an initial visit to a nursing home may leave an individual and his or her family feeling as if it is a safe place for a loved one to stay, the truth may in fact be...
