Some Medical Conditions Virtually Guarantee Elderly Of Falls In Nursing Homes
Falls pose a far greater risk of injury and death for seniors than most people would ever guess. Understanding the physiological and environmental factors that bring about falls is important both form a fall-prevention perspective as well as to help evaluate a nursing homes potential liability in fall-injury cases. I came across a very informative article regarding elderly falls by Kathy Kemle, PA-C that appeared in the Clinical Advisor, "Falls in older adults: averting a disaster" which is especially informative and should be essential reading for both patients and caregivers given the prevalence of falls in the older segments of...
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Golden Living Partners With Microsoft To Help Manage Patient Medical Records
Have you ever tried to read a nursing home patient's chart? Were you able to read everything? If so, please shoot me an email, because I surely have a difficult time sorting through many entries in charts. A new collaboration between Golden Living and Microsoft may help to improve not just the legibility of medical records, but also aid in transmission of individuals medical records from one provider to another. The system known as Microsoft Amalga Unified Intelligence System (UIS) stores each patients medical records on-line to allow ease of access by both the patient and subsequent health providers. "The...
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How To Measure Bed Rail Gaps: A Video
Bed rails are a common source of injury and death amongst the nursing home population. In efforts to minimize risk, the FDA has established different 'zones' of the bed to determine potential for getting caught in the rails. In order to fully appreciate how bed rail gaps are measured, I found this video. ...
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Watchdog Report Documents Serious Problems With Nursing Homes
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is running a series of articles documenting some of the problems with nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in Wisconsin. After reading the articles, it is apparent that the quality of care nursing home residents receive is deteriorating. The need for additional regulation of the nursing home industry is apparent. The 20 year old laws (1987 OBRA) regulating the industry are not producing the results for which they were intended. Some of the more striking statistics identified in the articles, include: Most nursing home staff positions have high turnover-- some nursing positions have more more...
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Update: Lawsuit Filed Against All Faith Pavilion
A lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Estate of Ivory Jackson, a 77-year-old resident of All Faith Pavilion Nursing Home. Last month, Mr. Jackson was brutally murdered by his roommate at the Chicago-area nursing home. The alleged perpetrator, Solomon Owasanoye, has been charged with first-degree murder of Mr. Jackson. According to the lawsuit, the nursing home acted improperly in pairing Mr. Jackson and Mr. Owasanoye as roommates. Read more about this incident in the Chicago Tribune article here. Nursing homes have a duty to provide a safe environment for their residents--free from violence from nursing home staff and other...
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