The thought of your loved one being restrained in a nursing home is heartbreaking. Sometimes, physical restraints are necessary to prevent nursing home residents from being a danger to themselves or others. However, other times, a nursing home’s use of restraints is a form of neglect or abuse….
Your loved one is vulnerable. You are trusting a Kentucky nursing home to care for her, but how much do you really know about the people who will be feeding, bathing, medicating, and taking care of her? Get an in-depth look into the Kentucky nursing…
Cell phones are so common that we often don’t think about them unless there is a specific danger. We know, for example, that cell phone use can cause dangerous distracted driving crashes. However, cell phones are not just dangerous on Kentucky roads. Cell phone use…
It didn’t happen overnight. However, at some point after your loved one’s multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis, you and your family made the difficult decision to move him to a nursing home. As MS progresses and nerve damage worsens, some people with MS eventually lose the…
Nursing homes have the complicated task of feeding many residents multiple meals a day. If food is not handled safely, residents who eat food prepared by the nursing home may get sick or die. Nursing Home Food Safety Issues Are Common In October 2019, NBC…
Bedsores are common and serious injuries suffered by Kentucky residents residing in assisted-living facilities. When nursing home negligence from the staff leads to bedsores, sepsis may follow not far behind, and sepsis can be deadly, so it’s important to make sure you’re placing your loved…