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Bedsores, also known as pressure ulcers, are a result of pressure being placed on an area of the skin for a prolonged period of time. When the skin is constantly under pressure, blood and nutrients can’t reach the area. That results in cell death, which can lead to a bedsore. In a nursing home…

Nursing home abuse is one of the types of abuse that most people don’t expect. After all, the people working in a nursing home knew that they’d be working with the elderly and should have been prepared for the hard work it entails. Sadly, it’s quite common. Worldwide, approximately 1 in 6 older people…

Nursing home abuse is a shock to many families who never thought that their loved ones were in danger. In some cases, they cut back on visits after seeing how well their loved one was cared for. Then, weeks or months later, the unexpected happened, and their loved one was hurt as a result…

When you choose a nursing home in Illinois for a loved one, you spend time making sure it’s the right fit. You might think that you can rest easy once you choose, but the truth is that you should never stop reviewing the nursing home’s services. Nursing homes have an obligation to take care…

Nursing home abuse can happen to anyone in a nursing home’s care. It could be a relatively healthy person at the nursing home temporarily, or it could be an elder who requires 24-hour care. Regardless of who the case involves, it’s never acceptable for a person to fall victim to nursing home abuse. Nursing…

Neglect and abuse have no place in nursing homes, yet many people struggle with the abuse they face in these very facilities. Nursing home abuse can range from forgetting to give a patient medications or overmedicating patients to ignoring patients when they call for help or are hurt. As someone who has an elderly…

Wandering can be a significant problem for some elderly people with memory loss issues and other cognitive disorders. Some may become confused about where they are or where they’re going, potentially resulting in walking away from a nursing home and getting lost. If you have a loved one who tends to wander, it’s important…

Nursing home abuse is devastating to patients and those who find out that their loved ones have been abused. Victims of nursing home abuse may go through many months or years of pain and suffering before the truth comes out, and the shock that the family goes through is difficult, to say the least….

Some patients in nursing homes sadly have to suffer through abuse. In many cases, it’s difficult for patients to report the abuse, fearing that it will get worse if they do so. The reality is that those who suffer from abuse need to speak out if they can. Additionally, those on the outside need…

Elderly loved ones often cannot speak out against the abuse they face. There are a few reasons for that, such as being scared of the abuser, having a memory condition that makes it hard to remember incidents or being isolated and unable to reach out for help. In each of these cases, the person…