Alzheimer’s disease is something with no known cure, so it is often presented as something that advances over time without any checks once it has been diagnosed. If an elderly person has it, the family expects it to keep progressing, and they know it could eventually...
If pressed, most people would likely acknowledge that elder abuse is possible and that it happens in the United States, but how concerned would they really be? Much of the time, they act as if it is something rare and unfortunate, a thing that happens but not...
Your parents are beginning to reach a particular stage of life. A stage where everyday tasks have become more challenging to manage. In-home care or admission into a nursing home or long-term or assisted living facility has begun to reveal itself as the best option to...
Every adult child with a parent in a long-term care facility fears getting a call from an employee of that facility, knowing that it’s probably not good news. The thing they usually dread the most is a call informing them of their parent or loved one’s death. However,...
For elderly Americans, falls are one of the greatest risks they face. This is true at home, in nursing homes, in assisted living facilities and anywhere else. It is sometimes harder for younger people to fully grasp the risk here. They can imagine minor injuries from...
Those who have placed an elderly loved one in a nursing home or assisted living facility often worry about how their family members are faring. Unless you are a care provider yourself or can visit every day, it can be difficult to spot any signs of nursing home abuse...
It’s a difficult adjustment to trust the care of your loved one to the staff and administrators of an assisted living facility or a nursing home. You need 24-hour care for a loved one living with dementia and other degenerative disorders, care that you can’t give them...
Sedation is one of the most amazing advancements of modern medicine. Surgery is simpler and recovery from painful, debilitating illnesses is more efficient when an individual isn’t conscious and struggling with extreme levels of pain. Sedation can also make medical...
When a parent moves in to a nursing home, it can be unnerving. Are they being cared for properly? Is their medicine being administered at the right time each day? Are they personal-care needs being met? Nothing is more important to us than to know Mom or Dad is OK...
Nursing homes can only offer so much care on-site. When an emergency happens, the elderly people who are suffering need to be taken to a hospital so that they can get proper care from medical professionals. Of the utmost importance is getting to the hospital in a...
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