The end result is the same—your loved one has died whether or not her hip fracture could have been prevented in her Warren, Shelby, Louisville or other Kentucky nursing home. It may seem strange to now consider whether her hip fracture and resulting death could…
This shouldn’t have happened—your mother should not have died an agonizing death because of a fire in the Louisville nursing home that was supposed to keep her safe. Now you may be wondering if her death could have been avoided. Ask the Right Questions to…
You have a gut feeling that something isn’t right and now you have a choice to make. You can ignore your instinct and risk your mother’s life or you can take action. When put that way it may be an easy decision to make. You,…
Not all nursing home workers mean to do harm to residents. Actually, we would venture to guess that many nursing home workers want to do what’s best for each individual resident—otherwise they would have gone into an easier line of work. Yet, Many Nursing Home…
It may seem unthinkable that someone could die of cold exposure while under medical care. Unfortunately, for a man in Washington State, it became a reality: his wife of 69 years died of hypothermia in a dementia-care facility last December. Ninety-year-old Donald Sheldon says that…
Every year, children of older parents scan lists of the worst KY nursing homes, hoping that their loved ones won’t be at risk of abuse in their twilight years. These families can rest slightly easier this year in the knowledge that three Kentucky facilities have…