Category Archives: Nursing Homes

Discussions of elder abuse often center around bodily injury. Physical force resulting in bruises and broken bones is common. So is neglect, as indicated by bedsores, poor hygiene, or absence of necessities such as food and water. But there is another pervasive form of mistreatment that can be just as damaging to our older loved ones – financial exploitation. The National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA) r...

Often confused with nursing homes, assisted living facilities are in fact quite different. The easiest way to determine which category a facility falls under is to look at what it can’t do in regard to medical services. Assisted living facilities are not licensed to give skilled nursing care, do not have the same safety or administrative requirements as a skilled nursing facility, and are not regulated by the state Depa...

Thanks to modern medicine, average U.S. life expectancy has increased to a record high of 78.8 years. For many, that encouraging statistic will be tempered by questionable experiences with healthcare’s most hit-or-miss service – nursing homes. Here in Kentucky, the news is most discouraging. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that the Bluegrass State has more nursing homes with serious d...

Vehicle accidents, falls, assaults and unintentional blunt force traumas result in over one million Americans sustaining a brain injury every year. A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can range from “mild” to "severe,” with the most critical cases requiring the victim to have life-time medical care. TBI symptoms may be mild at first and may worsen over time. Shattered glass and twisted metal. Broken bones and blood. Tra...