I hear—too often—about elderly folk in Kentucky nursing homes being beaten, thrown around like rag dolls, left to lie in their own waste. I’ve seen YouTube videos that reveal unbearably clearly a nursing home employee rough-handling, humiliating, or cursing at someone’s mother or father. What…
You’ve transferred your loved one to a nursing home because her medical needs were simply too involved for you to continue caring for her at home. You trusted that the skilled nursing staff would protect her and that she would receive her necessary medications at…
When an individual experiences a severe traumatic brain injury, or TBI, often the brain swells and is at risk of suffering secondary damage. One way emergency room doctors relieve the resulting pressure is by performing a decompressive craniectomy (DC), a surgical procedure in which a…
Move-in day at a Kentucky nursing home can be chaotic. You are trying to settle your parent in and make sure that his belongings are set up and that your parent is comfortable. However, while you tend to this important task of settling your parent…
It’s time for your mother to move into a Louisville nursing home. You’ve discussed it with your spouse and children, friends and relatives. You know it’s the right thing to do, and yet… You’ve got that plug of guilt stuck in your throat. Shouldn’t you…
You may have seen the videos taken by hidden cameras in Kentucky nursing home residents’ rooms, or perhaps you’ve read newspaper articles detailing what has happened. Whatever the source of your awareness, don’t you agree that abuse of nursing home residents is a horrible crime?…