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Continuing Care Retirement Communities—Future Trend, Kentucky?

When you know that your elderly mother cannot live in her own home in Kentucky any longer, do you try to find her a retirement...

Are You Sure Your Elderly Parent Needs a Kentucky Nursing Home?

Grown children cannot always provide the increasing care that their elderly parents may require. And care is not the only consideration: elderly people need social...

Should Your Doctor Pay for the Costs of Your Child’s Cerebral Palsy in Kentucky?

You have probably heard of cerebral palsy before, but you may have dismissed it as a genetic condition. But many people don’t realize that cerebral...

I believe that my parent was abused in a Louisville nursing home and that is why s/he is being transferred to an area hospital. Can my parent see a doctor who is independent of the nursing home or does s/he need to be treated by a nursing home doctor?

It is understandable that you are reluctant to have your parent’s injuries treated by a nursing home doctor. While many doctors are ethical and will...

What to Expect the First Time You Visit a Loved One in a Louisville Nursing Home

The decisions have been made. You, your loved one, your family, and your loved one’s doctors decided that it was time for your loved one...

What the Brain Suffers in Shaken Baby Syndrome

“Shaken baby syndrome,” or SBS, doesn’t sound as horrible as it is. The caregivers who are guilty of SBS aren’t, in general, horrible either. What...