Nursing home abuse is a serious problem facing many seniors and their families. While it may not always be easily identified, there are seven types of nursing home abuse that commonly occur today. These forms of elder abuse can have an incredible physical and emotional impact on the victims, leaving...
It’s a sensitive topic that people don’t always know how to respond to. When you put your elderly loved one in a nursing home, you trust they will be well taken care of. Often, all goes well until you see the signs of something wrong. What can you do? How can you be sure it’s...
Lawyers help people with various legal matters. Becoming a lawyer requires approximately seven years of postsecondary education, and it remains a popular career choice in the United States. The U.S. was home to 833,100 lawyers in 2021, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Aspiring lawyers ...
When you sit or lay in the same position for an extended period, you risk developing a pressure ulcer. If you or your healthcare provider diagnoses the ulcers early enough, they will heal in most cases, without much pain or discomfort. However, without any medical treatment or intervention, you can ...
Florida residents scrambled to safety as Hurricane Irma made landfall in 2017. But some Florida nursing home residents had no way out. At one nursing home in Hollywood Hills, residents braced for the storm. As a power outage knocked out air conditioning to the facility, temperatures soared as high a...