Unexplained weight loss in a nursing home setting should raise serious questions about whether the resident is receiving adequate nutrition, hydration, feeding assistance, medical attention, and monitoring.
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Nursing home residents may require help with medications, meals, mobility, hygiene, wound care, and serious medical conditions. Families have the right to expect that this care will be delivered competently…
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Making the decision to place a loved one in a nursing home is never easy. Families trust these facilities to provide compassionate care, protect vulnerable residents, and meet their medical…
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When families place a loved one in a nursing home, they trust the facility to provide attentive care, protect residents from preventable injuries, and treat them with dignity. Unfortunately, that…
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When you place a loved one in a nursing home, it’s reasonable to trust that they will be safe, cared for, and treated with dignity. Unfortunately, that trust is not…
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Since the 1950s, blood thinning drugs known as anticoagulants have been used to treat heart problems related to blood clots, such as abnormal heart rhythms, pulmonary embolisms and deep-vein thrombosis.…
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If your loved one needs nursing home care in Oklahoma, you’re probably comparing facilities based on factors like location, quality of care, available medical providers, and cost. Experienced Oklahoma nursing…
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A new bill introduced in the Oklahoma legislature seeks to boost accountability for deaths or serious injuries that occur in the state’s nursing homes. House Bill 1110 calls for the…
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When you choose a nursing home for an elderly loved one, you take care to find a place that seems clean, comfortable, pleasant, and capable of meeting your loved one’s…
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The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released an updated set of nursing home rankings on its Nursing Home Compare website. The new rankings saw many of…
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