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What Are the Risks of Wrong Medication in Elderly Patients?

Every morning, staff members at nursing homes and assisted living facilities across South Carolina administer medications to elderly residents that the residents cannot verify themselves. Residents can’t cross-reference the pills against their prescriptions or confirm the dosage. They must have complete trust because they have no other choice, and most of the time, the system works. However, when mistakes are made, like the wrong pill ending up in the wrong cup, a distracted aide doubling a dose, or an unnoticed drug interaction, the consequences for an elderly person’s body can be swift, severe, and permanent in ways that wouldn’t be......

By Nathan Hughey

What Should Families Do If Sexual Abuse Is Suspected in a Nursing Home?

This is one of the hardest things a family can experience. It doesn’t come with certainty. Rather, it arrives as a feeling or a detail that doesn’t fit: something your loved one said that you replayed in your mind on the drive home. It could be a change in behavior during personal care. It’s a physical sign a doctor mentioned carefully and measuredly. It’s the horrifying possibility that someone entrusted with your loved one’s basic dignity has violated it in the worst way imaginable.......

By Nathan Hughey

Who Is Responsible When a Nursing Home Resident Falls?

If you receive a phone call about your loved one being evaluated due to a fall and the staff member’s voice sounds calm and almost practiced, and the explanation sounds reasonable at first, but becomes vague when you start asking questions, it’s normal to have doubts. You’re told that falls happen. At this age, these things are difficult to prevent.......

By Nathan Hughey

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