There often comes a time in a person’s life when it becomes difficult to handle his or her own affairs. Medication regimens, reduced mobility, and smaller social networks can all contribute to the decision to live in a nursing home or other facility with assisted...
An assisted-living facility in Hialeah has to clean up its act after Florida health care regulators fined them $1,000 after the discovery of bedbugs in three of eight rooms. In addition, the nursing home failed to offer proper treatment for a person affected by bedbug...
Prescription medicines enable many seniors to live healthy, active, and longer lives. It also enables them to avoid serious health complications from existing medical conditions. It is a problem when nursing home staff administer medications as chemical restraints....
Social media gives people ways to interact with one another and share information. Unfortunately, sometimes people can abuse this privilege and infringe upon the rights and privacy of others. Particularly when caregivers use social media to expose or make fun of...
Caring for our older relatives is often a challenge. This is especially true when seniors develop more intensive needs, such as a limitation on mobility that means someone cannot easily leave the home. Able family members and home health aides often become necessary...
It is not an easy decision to allow a nursing home to take care and responsibility for an elder family member. However, these facilities in which people can receive full-time care with the vigilance of professional staff are often the best option for people with...
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities are a key part of how our elders receive the care they need as they progress into their “golden years.” With one of the highest populations of Americans above the age of 65, Florida leads the nation in the availability of...
When your elderly family member needs full-time assistance, you expect him or her to receive care, not harm. Yet, harm is the reality for many seniors in nursing homes and other types of adult care facilities reveals the National Council on Aging. You may already be...
Once people have reached their “golden years,” they have the hope that the responsibilities of life give way to the enjoyment of the world around them. Unfortunately, old age can bring some medical and logistic complications, such as a reliance on medication for...
Assisted living facilities are there to make sure people who need help with their own care can get it. The majority of nursing homes employ sufficient numbers of professional clinical staff to provide a good quality of care, but the workload can be enough to push...
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