Eden Prairie nursing home named among best in US

An Eden Prairie nursing home is being honored as among the nation's best, accoring to government ratings and a list released by U.S. News.

Kentucky Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law Firm Offers More Video on New Website

A website redesign has allowed Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers to expand the information it provides to those who have been impacted by elderly abuse and neglect.Bowling Green, KY (PRWEB) January 24, 2012 The Kentucky nursing home abuse and neglect law firm of Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers has added more information, including an expanded video library, to the website it has established to ...

Kentucky Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Lawyers Call for Independent Inspections of Deficient Nursing Homes

J. Marshall Hughes and Lee Coleman of Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers say family and friends of nursing home patients need to come forward with suspicions of elder abuse and neglect.Bowling Green, KY (PRWEB) January 17, 2012 Kentucky nursing home abuse and neglect lawyer J. Marshall Hughes today cited a new Center for Medicare Advocacy study in calling for independent inspections of deficient ...

RUFF UPDATE: "DAY-TO-DAY"

Normally Lindy Ruff would be the one providing injury updates after practice. But with Ruff at home today in considerable pain nursing three broken ribs suffered...

Elder Abuse Lawyer Comments on Nursing Home Quality of Care Performance Study

Boston attorney Bernard J. Hamill of Hamill law group says quality of care issues still plague elders in Massachusetts nursing homes.(PRWEB) February 04, 2012 Boston Massachusetts nursing home abuse attorney Bernard J. Hamill says that a review of 2010 Quality of Care issues show that nursing homes nationwide still have work to do to comply with federal and state mandates for the quality of care ...

Health Care District breaks ground on public nursing home

Leaders from the Palm Beach County Health Care District and the city of Riviera Beach hoisted golden shovels Tuesday to mark the ceremonial groundbreaking for a $25 million public nursing home in the Pointe West development across from the VA Medical Center.

Nursing home residents with dementia: Antidepressants are associated with increased risk of falling

( Wiley-Blackwell ) Nursing home residents with dementia who use average doses of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are three times more likely to have an injurious fall than similar people who don't use these drugs.

SGT. SHAFT: Will going to a nursing home diminish disabled vet's benefits?

Dear Sgt. Shaft: I am a totally disabled veteran from service-connected disabilities. If I were to go to a nursing home, will the government or VA take any of the pay I get from veterans or from Social Security? Thanks kindly, W.T.N. Via the Internet Dear W.T.N.: This is a ...

Antidepressants Tied To Higher Risk Of Falls In Nursing Home Residents With Dementia

Compared to similar people who don't take them, nursing home residents with dementia who take average doses of a class of drugs used to treat depression are three times more likely to have an injurious fall. These are the findings of a new study from The Netherlands published online in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology on Wednesday. Falls are a serious health problem for nursing home ...

Antidepressants Might Raise Fall Risk in Nursing Homes

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are associated with an increased risk of falls in nursing home residents with dementia, a new study finds.