No one wants to grow old, but it’s a fact of life, and when the time has come that an elderly loved one needs assistance with daily life, there are several options to consider. You may want to hire a home health aide to come to your parent or grandparent’s home to care for your elderly loved one. You may want to explore assisted living facilities that typically have independent living, assisted living, and memory care apartments. Or you may need … [Read more...]
Nursing Home Residents and Sepsis
Sepsis is a life-threatening infection that spreads throughout the entire body and occurs when “chemicals released into the bloodstream to fight the infection trigger inflammatory responses throughout the body,” according to The Mayo Clinic. According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), there are more than 1.5 million cases of sepsis each year, and sepsis kills more than 250,000 Americans each year. The elderly are … [Read more...]
Nursing Home Residents Exposed to Nuedexta over-Prescription
Neudexta (commonly referred to as the little red pill) has seen a meteoric rise in prescriptions in nursing homes in recent years. This, according to a recent report, has been the direct result of aggressive marketing that targets the frail and elderly residents of nursing homes. Humble beginnings of Neudexta Nuedexta was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of PsuedoBulbar Affect (PBA). This neurological … [Read more...]
Elderly Patient Eaten by Scabies at For-Profit Nursing Home
It is unsurprising that for-profit nursing homes have been known to cut corners and skip procedures. After all, when your only motivation is profit, the rest falls by the wayside, leaving elderly patients to fend for themselves. That’s what happened in Lafayette, Georgia, where former model and all-around go-getter, Rebecca Zeni, was left to fester, with millions of mites laying tiny eggs beneath her skin over a period of several months or … [Read more...]
Legislators Scramble to Address Nursing Home Tragedy in Florida
Florida officials delivered dire news this Thanksgiving Eve, announcing that the deaths of 12 residents of a nursing home in Hollywood Hills are now being treated as homicides. Authorities have not yet named a perpetrator, but according to the Broward County Medical Examiner’s office, the elderly victims died prematurely as a result of heat exposure. Miranda Grossman, a spokesperson for the Hollywood Police Department, said, “Who gets charged is … [Read more...]