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Nursing Home Residents Who Visit the ER Are Vulnerable to Infections
Posted in Featured Articles on February 17, 2012A new study shows that nursing home residents who visit the emergency room have three times the risk of respiratory and gastrointestinal infections as residents who remain in the nursing home. Researchers speculate that they may be picking up pathogens from staff or other patients while they … Read the Rest
Can Pet Therapy Help Lonely Seniors in Nursing Homes?
Posted in General on February 14, 2012Loneliness is a widespread problem in many Kentucky nursing homes. Recent studies show that as many as 60% of all elderly people experience loneliness. Loneliness is often accompanied by depression, which can have adverse effects on seniors’ health; at its extremes, feelings of loneliness can … Read the Rest
Should Residents at Kentucky’s Personal Care Homes be Assessed for Brain Injuries?
Posted in General on February 9, 2012Last August, a tragedy occurred in Pendleton County, Kentucky: Larry Lee, a 32-year-old resident at Falmouth Nursing Home, a personal care home in Falmouth, disappeared. A few weeks later, his body was found near the banks of the Licking River. Lee had had a brain injury since childhood; he also … Read the Rest
We Believe House Bill 361 Would Delay Access For Nursing Home Residents To The Court System
Posted in Featured Articles on February 7, 2012Hughes and Coleman attorney Sheila P. Hiestand, president of the Kentucky Justice Association, wrote the following article for the Advocate about a nursing home bill that is being considered by the state legislature. As the great philosopher George Santayana once said, “Those who cannot … Read the Rest
Kentucky Nurse Accused of Stealing Drugs at Burkesville Nursing Home
Posted in Nursing Home Violations on February 1, 2012Jinger Butler, 41, a former nurse at Cumberland Valley Manor Nursing Home in Burkesville, in Cumberland County, was recently indicted on 11 counts of neglect and 11 counts of theft of a controlled substance, according to news reports. Both indictments relate to the same 10 patients under her … Read the Rest
Are Nursing Homes Responsible for Residents’ Weight Loss?
Posted in General on January 30, 2012Unexplained weight loss in nursing home patients can be a very serious problem. Research shows that patients who lose 10% or more of their weight over a period of six months are much more likely to die within a year. One study showed that two-thirds of patients who lost that much weight died within … Read the Rest
Kentucky Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Lawyers Call for Independent Inspections of Deficient Nursing Homes
Posted in Featured Articles on January 27, 2012Kentucky lawyer J. Marshall Hughes today cited a new Center for Medicare Advocacy study in calling for independent inspections of deficient nursing homes to replace unreliable self-reporting by the facilities. “The finding that nursing care facilities already under special scrutiny because of … Read the Rest
Nursing Home Update
Posted in General on January 25, 2012The Kentucky Legislative Session is in full swing, and your State Representatives are being placed under a full court press from the National Nursing Home industry! This multi-billion dollar industry is trying to create a bill that will allow Nursing Homes to continue their short staffing, their … Read the Rest
Investment and Reverse Mortgage Scams Can Leave Seniors Bankrupt
Posted in Featured Articles on January 23, 2012Every year, older Americans, including residents of nursing homes and elder care facilities, lose billions of dollars to con artists who have carefully targeted them. In many cases, seniors are living off the savings they’ve built up over a lifetime of hard work. Even though the cost of living goes … Read the Rest
Medical Scams May Target Elders
Posted in General on January 19, 2012One of the most common and insidious forms of elder abuse is financial. Unfortunately, many con artists prey on older people, including residents of nursing homes and elder care facilities In 2010, for example, older Americans lost $2.9 billion to financial abuse — about half of it to members of … Read the Rest
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