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Bed Sores Continue To Plague Patients In Chicago Nursing Homes & Hospitals

Even in large metropolitan areas like Chicago, IL patients in nursing homes, hospitals and other types of senior living facilities… continue to suffer from a medical complication that has been around as long as history books have been written— bed sores.
While some facilities suggest that the development of

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Tips for Ensuring Your Parent’s Proper Care & Prevent Complications Like Pressure Sores

If you’re an adult child of an elderly parent, you may already know that choosing a proper nursing home can be stressful. Carolyn L. Rosenblatt, nurse and author of the blog AgingParents.com…, shares some tips on how to ensure your parent will always remain safe and healthy:
-  Get to know the difference between “convalescent

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Are seniors in residential care facilities and other alternative living arrangements at risk for developing bedsores?

Though less likely to occur than in a nursing home, patients in Residential Care Facilities for the elderly (RCFE’s)…, Assisted Living Facilities (ALF’s) and Group Homes are still at risk for developing bed sores—and other signs of physical neglect.
Likely in response to a ballooning elderly population and the

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Are assisted living facilities responsible for the prevention of bed sores in their patients?

As our elderly population rapidly expands, so has the group of non-traditional facilities that hold themselves out as quality caregivers. Today, facilities such as: assisted living facilities, group homes and adult day care centers share the responsibility of caring for our most vulnerable citizens — the elderly– along with more…

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