Elderly people are twice as likely to fall at a nursing home than at home
Nursing home fall prevention measures are lacking: 75% of elderly nursing home residents have at least one fall per year
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Nursing homes
Medicare reveals the seven most common nursing home problems
Four things that you can do to stay safe in a skilled nursing facility
Bedsores can develop a lot faster than you think, but can usually be prevented with proper doctor and nursing care
Bedsores, pressure sores or wounds, and decubitus ulcers—whatever you call them, they are a serious medical issue
Two tips to make the transfer from a hospital to a nursing or rehabilitation facility safer
When patients are discharged from a hospital to a nursing or rehab facility, it is a notorious time for things to fall through the cracks
Three perils of skilled nursing facilities
Some skilled nursing facilities lack adequate staffing to provide quality patient care
The important nursing role in bedsore prevention
Nurses sometimes ignore the standardized tools in place to identify at-risk patients, and to prevent and treat pressure injuries
The dangerous risks of opioid painkillers like Dilaudid and morphine
Manufacturer drug labels warn of the risk of deadly respiratory depression
How to find a good nursing home or rehab facility in Texas
As of 5/11/17, in Houston alone, 47 facilities had state agency ratings of 13 to 50, on a scale of 100
Patient falls in hospitals and nursing facilities cause serious injuries and deaths
Thousands of patients fall in hospitals each year and 30-50% of these falls injure patients
Infections in nursing homes or rehabilitation facilities can be deadly
Facilities must watch for signs of infections, so doctors can treat them promptly