Earlier this month the National Safety Council released a new report entitled, “Crashes Involving Cell Phones: Challenges of Collecting and Reporting Reliable Crash Data.” According to the report, the fatal accidents involving a driver using a cell phone are significantly underreported in the United States….
A brain injury is not the same injury in an elderly person as it is in a child or young adult, according to a recent collection of papers published in NeuroRehabilitation: an Interdisciplinary Journal. Researchers suggest that the diagnosis, management, and treatment of traumatic brain…
You don’t even want to consider that your loved one may be suffering from abuse in a long-term care facility. But the only thing worse than discovering elder abuse in nursing homes is the thought that you could have discovered it sooner. Thankfully, family members who…
The pain and non-epileptic seizures that you have been suffering since the time of your traumatic brain injury accident have changed your life. Yet, they may not be the only problems caused by your brain injury. Your life may change in other ways, too—according to…
If you’ve ever had to accompany a loved one to a Louisville hospital during a health emergency, you know how chaotic emergency rooms can be. You’re likely to be visited by half a dozen people on the hospital staff, from the records clerk to the…
Abuse and neglect of nursing home residents in Kentucky and elsewhere result from a number of factors, one of which is understaffing. There are simply too few employees to take adequate care of the residents. The Consequences of Understaffing What happens when there are not…