When Patient Safety Is An Afterthought, Employee Carelessness Frequently Results In Patient Injury
Many long-time Nursing Home Abuse Blog readers have heard me rant about how many of the commonly encountered problems--- and resulting injuries encountered by nursing home patients occur as the result of one thing--- employee carelessness! Sure, the implementation of educational programs at nursing homes my help get patient safety back into the minds of staff members, but even the best safety programs require careful and conscientious staff to see that that are properly implemented. In this sense, one of most disturbing trends I am seeing--- particularly, amongst patients in nursing homes and hospitals--- is patients getting injured while they...
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Bone Fractures In The Elderly Require Special Attention To Improve Recovery & Prevent Complications
Many elderly people suffer broken bones during admissions to nursing homes due to; falls, being dropped, or perhaps improper care from staff. Regardless how the fracture occurred, a fractured bone in the elderly must be timely identified and treated. What is a fracture? A fracture is a broken bone that requires medical attention. Fifty percent of women over age fifty and twenty-five percent of men over age fifty will suffer from an age-related bone fracture sometime in their lifetime. Elderly people are particularly susceptible to broken bones because as bones age, they lose the ability to resist the formation and growth...
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