<a title=Assisted living facilities at Great Places! Href=http://www.greatplacesinc.com/features/AssistedLivingFacilities.aspx>Assisted living facilities</a> and hospitals all over the country have used pets to offer comfort when people are feeling low. Cats, dogs, birds and even hams (more…)
A problem that stems from the overworked staff of nursing homes all across the US, is the abuse and neglect of the patients who reside there. Nurses with too many patients to handle are usually burnt out and end up quitting at some point. This will often leave the nursing homes, who already suffer from being undermanned, even more short-staffed. The few that do remain are almost allways tired and underpaid.
Our elderly relatives or (more…)
According to the Occupational Outlook guide, the nursing profession is among the fastest growing of all career paths. Within nursing, the single specialty expected to grow by leaps and bounds is gerontology. The aging of the baby boomers has increased the average age of the typical patient. According to one survey, patients over 65 make up 60 percent of adult primary visits, 48 percent of inpatient hospital admissions and 85 percent of nursing ho (more…)
Benjamin Franklin said it best – “nothing in life is certain except death and taxes” but with daily advancements in science, technology and health care, Americans are living longer than ever before*. This blessing however, has created a unique dilemma for modern American families: How to plan for and prepare for one’s retirement years.
Have you taken a road-trip lately? Almost every highway is graced with large bill-boards p (more…)
Did you know that about 30% of nursing homes in the U.S. have been cited for abuse, yet they continue to operate? The real numbers on abuse are unknown, because most goes unreported. Nursing home neglect is a form of abuse, which often goes unnoticed, but can turn deadly. We entrust our loved ones to nursing homes believing they will b (more…)
Nursing home neglect is a serious tragedy in our society, a marring scar in the fabric of who we are as human beings and the result of a significant misfiring in priorities. Poor hygiene is one of the most obvious signs of it, which can range from teeth that have remained un-brushed for days at a time, the lack of clean clothing, clothing with soil marks on them, soiled sheets, a lack of proper bathing, a foul aroma emanating from the patient, an (more…)
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