Bedsores are common and serious injuries suffered by Kentucky residents residing in assisted-living facilities. When nursing home negligence from the staff leads to bedsores, sepsis may follow not far behind, and sepsis can be deadly, so it’s important to make sure you’re placing your loved…
It takes a lot of people to run a nursing home safely. Each worker has a specific role to play in the care of nursing home residents. Whether you or a loved one is already living in a Kentucky nursing home or you are researching…
Your loved one has been living in a nursing home, but has recently entered a new stage. Now, she needs not only nursing home services but also hospice care as the end of her life nears. Hospice services are often provided right in a nursing home and…
Your loved one deserves skilled care in her nursing home 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Weekends are no exception. However, weekends are often a difficult time for nursing homes to fully staff their facilities with qualified workers. What Happens on Weekends? In…
You trusted the nursing home to care for your loved one when she was unable to care for herself. Unfortunately, that’s not what happened. While your loved one should have been cared for, she was instead abused or neglected by the very people who were…
Moving to a nursing home is often a scary and sad time for older people who can no longer care for themselves. Often, new nursing home residents worry about the autonomy they will be giving up to live there. Individual Rights in Kentucky Nursing Homes…