Nursing homes can be the site of injuries and abuse for the elderly. If a nursing home staff member is neglectful or fails to properly perform his or her job, a nursing home resident can suffer from a serious injury.
Some injuries, such as bed sores or fractures, may not be immediately apparent. However, facial injuries tend to be obvious, and may indicate nursing home neglect.
When you think of a traumatic brain injury, football, soccer or some other contact sport may come to mind. But did you know that this kind of injury is relatively uncommon in the sports world? A much more likely venue for a serious head injury is the scene of a car crash.
A little background
If your elderly parent is in a nursing home, it is normal for you to expect him or her to receive a high standard of care. Older people need assistance with daily tasks and consistent medical attention. When you choose a long-term care facility for your parent, you hope you are making the right choice.
Sadly, not all nursing homes are good environments. In fact, some can be downright abusive. Watch out for these red flags that your mom or dad is in a dangerous situation.
Getting into a car crash can be a traumatic experience, especially if it involves an injury. However, sometimes car accidents occur and it seems as if there are no injuries. It is not uncommon for a driver to have a rather serious crash but feel there are no major injuries to speak of following the incident.
What many drivers are unaware of is that there are certain types of serious injuries that have a delayed onset. That means an injury could actually manifest symptoms not right away, but hours, days or even months after the car accident. It is important to know about these types of delayed onset injuries so that, if you are in a car accident, you can be aware of the symptoms and know what to do.
Entrusting another person or entity to provide quality care for your elder loved one is always difficult. Chances are, you want to believe that the care he or she will receive while in a nursing home or assisted living facility is equal or superior to the care you, yourself, would provide if you could.
Unfortunately, however, this is often not the case, with many American nursing homes suffering from chronic understaffing and a range of related issues that can impact quality of care. When nursing homes cannot maintain an adequate number of workers on staff, the quality of care residents receive typically suffers, and in some cases, residents develop what are known as bedsores, or pressure ulcers.
Thousands of women in the United States have been implanted with the Essure permanent birth control device. Many women have experienced complications and injuries due to the Essure device, including persistent pain.
When you get into a fender bender, you may not think that you are hurt. However, you have a lot of adrenaline after an auto accident, which masks pain from injuries.
If you do not feel immediate pain, you may try to wait and see and get medical attention later. This will hurt your case. Insurance companies and juries will not believe you were injured if you did not promptly seek medical treatment. Assuming your injuries are minimal and not getting treatment are two of the biggest mistakes you can make after an accident. Here are five commonly delayed injuries:
If your parent resides in a Texas nursing home, you likely worry about the level and quality of care (s)he receives there. Despite all the federal and state laws that protect nursing home residents from abuse and neglect, elderly and ill patients nevertheless often receive substandard care.
Obviously, you cannot go to your parent’s nursing home every day to check up on him or her, but you should be on the lookout for signs of abuse or neglect each and every time you go there. Here are some red flags to watch for.
Being hit when you are alone in your car is bad enough. Now imagine if your children were in your car as well. Unfortunately, many people do not have to imagine this because it is exactly what happened to them.
Adrenaline drives quite a few parents, as is common in stressful situations. They check on their children, making sure they are all right, and comfort them in the aftermath. Meanwhile, there is the other driver to deal with and possibly police officers. Who cares if your back hurts a little bit? What is more important is getting your children seen and treated, or if that does not seem necessary, then getting them to a safe place where they can rest and process the day's events.
Having a parent in a nursing home already comes with much anxiety. You worry about the various types of abuse that can occur, as well as medical errors and neglect due to increasing rates of understaffing.
Perhaps your parent is lucky enough to escape these horrors, but there are others to be aware of. One of the most common forms of elder abuse, and maybe the easiest to hide, is financial exploitation. Know the types and signs so you can prevent your parent from losing valuable assets or getting kicked out of the nursing home for overdue bills.
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