This week the Kentucky media was covering a story about an elderly resident of a nursing home in Georgia. The story concerned an 89-year-old WW2 veteran who died in an Atlanta area nursing home. The man was in distress and had waited over 8 minutes…
Residents of Kentucky nursing homes are often victims of abuse and neglect. There are many different types of problems ranging from the staff being slow to answer a call light to outright physical and mental abuse by the staff. After several decades suing Kentucky nursing…
Many nursing home residents have a feeding tube due to their inability to properly feed themselves or take in nutrition as a healthy individual would normally do. This includes nursing home residents with swallowing problems, appetite disorders, or a variety of issues that can occur…
Bedsores are also known as pressure sores, pressure ulcers, and decubitus ulcers. They form when there is unrelieved pressure on the skin—especially when an individual is sedentary, wheelchair-bound, or bed-bound. The pressure put on the skin can interfere with circulation, which deprives skin of oxygen…
The Centers for Disease Control has estimated that almost 2,000 nursing home residents die each year as a result of falls and injuries sustained in the nursing home. Although many residents in nursing homes are prone to falling and susceptible to being injured in a…
Adequate water allows the human body to function properly. The right amount of water is necessary to maintain body temperature, to maintain blood pressure, and to allow the body to get rid of waste. Access to clean and sufficient drinking water is so important that…