Given the frequency (approximately 80+% of all nursing nursing home patients will experience a fall this coming year) with which nursing home falls occur, facilities must be on the lookout when it comes to implementing fall prevention techniques in order to improve patient safety. Too often, the prevention comes too late– if at all. Here… Continue Reading
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Nursing Home Staff Must Take Precautions While Moving & Transferring Disabled Patients To Minimize Risk Of Dropping
Posted in Broken Bones, Dropped Patients, Nursing Home FallsThe most dangerous part of the day for many nursing home patients may be getting out of bed in the morning. When staff fail to supervise or provide proper assistance to nursing home patients during transfers, patients are at risk for falls or being dropped by staff. Disabled nursing home patients and those with physical… Continue Reading
Transportation In & Out Of Nursing Homes: Ambulance Responsibility.
Posted in Medical Transportation & Ambulance AccidentsUnfortunately for many nursing home residents, their trip to the nursing home or out for a doctor’s appointment can be riddled with problems during transport and is a frequent source of injury (while being transported via: ambulance, medicar or medivan). Like nursing homes themselves, ambulances and paramedics are regulated by Medicare. Ambulances and their crews must… Continue Reading