Transcript: The term “elopement” means that a nursing home resident has managed to wander outside without the nursing home staff being aware. To senior residents with Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia, or other health issues, grave injuries may result. Sometimes even death. Despite evolving safety measures and innovations, elopement cases continue to increase every year. Not all …
Transcript: Elopement means the unsupervised walking of a resident in which the resident actually leaves the nursing home. As you can imagine, elopement can result in catastrophic injury or death. Sadly, the reported number of elopement cases continues to rise. Residents with certain mental and physical characteristics are more likely candidates to commit elopement. Those …
Transcript: In nursing homes, the term “elopement” means the unsupervised wandering of a resident resulting in the resident exiting the facility. Obviously, elopement can lead to serious injury and death. Unfortunately, the number of these cases is on the rise. In fact, between 2006 and 2009, elopement in long term care facilities rose 38%. Nursing …
Transcript: Despite improved safety features and growing awareness, cords from window coverings, like blinds and curtains, fatally strangle dozens each year. In fact, one study by the Consumer Product Safety Commission showed 185 deaths and 101 near deaths, from window blind cord strangulation, between 1992 and 2012. These studies indicate that a majority of the …
Transcript: Cords from window blinds, drapes, and curtains are a hidden hazard in nursing homes across the country, particularly in memory units. Data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission indicates that, despite improved safety features, window coverings strangle dozens each year. In fact, by the numbers, window coverings remain one of the top five dangers …
Transcript: Window blind cords are a hidden danger in nursing homes across the country. Statistics from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, an independent agency of the Federal Government assigned with promoting consumer safety, show that almost 160 deaths from window blind strangulation occurred between 1973 and 1992, and 200 occurred between 1992 and 2012. A …
Transcript: Bedsores are a very common injury. In fact, nearly ten percent of nursing home residents have a bedsore at any given time. But is the nursing home responsible for your loved one’s bedsore? Possibly. It will depend on what the nursing home did prior to the injury. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services …
Transcript: Bedsores, also known as pressure ulcers or decubitus ulcers, is a lesion caused by unrelieved, consistent pressure that results in damage to the underlying tissue. Essentially, the bedsore occurs if pressure to a particular point of the body has impaired circulation to the underlying tissue. Without appropriate bloodflow, muscles do not receive oxygen and …
Transcript: Bedsores are a serious injury that can lead to catastrophic problems and death in nursing home residents. A bedsore is caused by forces acting against the body, including prolonged pressure or shear. When a particular party of the body, most often buttocks, feet, and the back, experiences this type of compression, circulation is degraded …
Transcript: Bed sores, also called pressure sores or decubitus ulcers, are a common occurrence in nursing homes and can most certainly contribute to catastrophic injury and death. A bedsore is an injury most often caused by prolonged pressure to the skin. When the pressure is exerted, the circulation slows or is stopped in that area. …
