If you're considering filing a legal claim after suffering serious injuries in an incident or accident caused by a property owner's negligence, you can rather easily add up the expenses of hospital stays, surgery, physical therapy and the financial costs of missing...
The COVID-19 virus continues to be a danger to the elderly. The total goes up every day, but more than 90,000 deaths took place in the country’s 15,000 long-care residencies. This pushes the staff, who also contract the disease at a higher rate, past their limits....
Celiac disease is becoming better understood than it was even in recent decades. It's an autoimmune disease. People who have it should not eat any foods that contain gluten (like wheat, barley and rye) because it causes their body's immune system to attack their small...
There are more than 4,500 deaths of nursing home and assisted living facility residents attributed to the COVID-19. But a data entry error by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) was discovered last month, indicating that the state was not providing...
Whether your elderly parent or loved one recently moved into a nursing home or they’ve lived there for some time, it’s crucial that you check in on their well-being. Aging can be difficult physically and emotionally, and far too often it gets even more painful when...
The first thing that many drivers do when they get in the car is turn on their radio or go to their favorite playlist on their phone. They can't imagine driving without music. Other drivers find music distracting. They'd rather drive in silence. That's why there's no...
One of the essential roles of nursing home staff is to ensure the residents' safety and well-being. Now, it has come to light that some facilities for the elderly are improperly administering vitamin intravenous (IV) infusions without signed doctors’ orders. This...
Texas autumns are typically not as cold or wet as our neighbors to the west and north. Nonetheless, there are certain challenges that fall drivers must be aware of. Some are weather-related, and some involve the rhythms of life at this time the year. Reasons to be...
As wonderful as a nursing home can be, it's simply not an easy decision for families to place their loved ones in one. However, due to work or lack of funds, a nursing home is often the best-case scenario for many people. Although there are plenty of amazing...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is no longer a condition associated primarily with servicemen and women who have returned from war. Mental health professionals recognize that all types of physical, emotional and sexual trauma can cause PTSD. Motor vehicle...
