It would be impossible to provide an all-inclusive overview of even the basics of infection control practices in eldercare. Here are some good tips and indicators […]

Caregiver stress is a significant risk factor for abuse and neglect. When caregivers are thrust into the demands of daily care for an elder without appropriate […]

Symptoms of Disease or Cues Indicating Abuse? Many of the symptoms listed below can occur as a result of disease conditions or medications. The appearance of […]

Signs of VRSA VRSA is vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. VRSA can result from treatment of MRSA with vancomycin and teicoplanin. The patient may become resistant to the […]

About one in three people in the United States will encounter some kind of mistake during a hospital stay, U.S. researchers said Thursday. The finding, which […]

An elder woman who went to hospital for a routine bowel cancer operation ended up staying there for almost a year – due to chronic bed […]

Three workers at a nursing home in Pennsylvania have been arrested after being caught on tape hitting and mocking an elderly woman who suffers from dementia […]

Older persons are more likely to suffer from this condition. Patients, kidney infections, bed sores, pressure sores, indwelling urinary catheters or low-immunity diseases like HIV are […]

What is Urosepsis? Urinary Tract Infection is how people generally define Urosepsis. However Urosepsis is actually a disease that is caused by an infection in the […]

It is not hard to understand why people who spend the majority of their day either in a wheelchair or in bed end up with bed […]