"Frightened’ is the best way to describe my reaction to a news story regarding Florida’s decision to end food preparation inspections at nursing homes and hospitals in the state. In the past, nursing homes and hospitals were inspected on a quarterly basis with respect to safe food handling. Budget cuts are the reason cited by… Continue Reading
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Elderly Nursing Home Patients Are Paticularly Susceptible To Illness Related To Contaminated Food
Posted in Food PoisoningOlder adults are particularly susceptible to food poisoning because as you get older, your immune system does not respond as quickly and as effectively to infectious organisms as when you were younger. In addition, many nursing home residents already have weakened immune systems due to age, illness, and disease, and their bodies cannot handle the added… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Patients Stricken With Salmonella
Posted in Food PoisoningMore than 460 people have been diagnosed with salmonella that can be traced to peanut butter used in institutions. It is estimated that the salmonella outbreak has caused more than 100 of the people to seek hospital treatment. Salmonella can be especially serious in elderly people with weakened immune systems. If not quickly identified and… Continue Reading
Food Safety
Posted in MalnutritionAn 85-year-old woman died following a norovirus outbreak in a nursing home. The woman’s death comes shortly after the deaths of 10 other nursing home residents related to gastroenteritis outbreaks. The norovirus outbreak in an Australian nursing homes demonstrates the susceptibility of the elderly to food born illness. There is no cure for people afflicted… Continue Reading