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The Dangers of Falling For Older Adults

When someone falls, facility staff must call the family or designated representative when their loved one falls.

A fall indicates a change in condition; it is not considered a normal part of the...

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Is it Legal to Monitor a Resident’s Room with a Camera?

Over the years, we have seen cameras in many areas of our daily lives.   

Today, we see electronic monitoring on school buses, in schools, street corners, retail stores, restaurants, and...

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Where Do I Find Clients for my Nurse Expert Business?

Now that you wish to review medical records as a nurse expert and work with attorneys and other agencies, where do you go to find them so they can find you?   

Finding clients is always a...

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Why You Should Look… Even Where The “Sun Does Not Shine”

 

Recently I worked with a client whose father had been in the nursing home for “rehab” after a stroke. Due to various events, the son was unsettled and felt unhappy about how his...

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Where Did That Medication Go?

Pill counts, drug diversion, and discontinued medications never returned to the pharmacy are some of the issues that can happen in the healthcare facilities.

 Frustrating as it can be when a...

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Another Day in Court

Often I am asked, what is it like to go to court?   What is it like to testify?   I share this experience as one example.  Each experience is different, but basically in every case a...

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Falls As We "Mature"

 Every year millions of older adults, meaning those over 65 years of age, fall.[1] A definition of a “fall”   means anyway they end up on the ground or floor, one way or...

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Dehydration Leads to Many Problems even Death

For those who work in urgent care, and the emergency room, how many times have patients come in, especially the older adult, and they are dehydrated?  Often you find it hard to get an IV...

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Is brushing your patients’ teeth really that important?

Many times, there are activities of daily living that are not necessarily the most pleasant but the importance should be over stressed.  After all nutrition as we know all begins in the...

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Failed Before Getting to Work

 Sufficient, skilled and knowledgeable nursing staff is one of the key issues to quality care in any type of healthcare facility.  

 The nursing staff and other medical staff are a...

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