For your loved one to suffer an illness, injury or to die at the hands of nursing home staff is devastating. If you have aging parents or grandparents in a nursing home facility, you expect they will receive the best possible care. Unfortunately, some seniors suffer...
After visiting your mother in a Maryland nursing home recently, you noticed potential signs of neglect. You do not know what to do or whom to tell, but you know that you must take immediate action. Western Pennsylvania Healthcare News has tips for responding to...
When you have a loved one living in a nursing home, you expect the person to be treated with the utmost care. Staff must provide medications and therapies, perform meal prep, and help patients who are bedridden or have limited mobility get around safely and securely....
Staphylococcus aureus, better known as staph, is a type of bacteria. MRSA is a strain of this bacteria that is resistant to many types of antibiotics and therefore difficult to treat. Nursing home residents are at risk of contracting MRSA. Is your loved one in a...
When Maryland residents have elderly relatives who need the best of care, they oftentimes place their trust in nursing homes and, specifically, the staff members who work at those facilities. Most people do painstaking research to determine which nursing home will be...
Nursing homes carry a heavy responsibility. They are charged with protecting and caring for one of the most, if not the most, vulnerable populations amongst us. That is why they are subjected to various rules and regulations pertaining to everything from care plans to...
The elderly are amongst the most vulnerable people in our society. As such, they should be treated with dignity and in recognition of their contributions to the world. Yet, all too often our older loved ones are subjected to mistreatment, whether in the form of abuse,...
When a nursing home has let you and your loved one down, it is important to know who may be liable for the negligent treatment and care your loved one received. Nursing home negligence can fall into a number of different categories and it is important for families to...
Families are often left in the position of making difficult decisions to ensure that their family members receive the care that they need. In fact, many families in Maryland and across the country often come to the conclusion that they are no longer able to meet the...
The decision to seek qualified care for a beloved family member in failing health is never made without careful deliberation. Once the decision is made, families conduct a search for the facility that will best meet their loved one's needs. Many Maryland families...
