Current Category: Malnutrition

Are the development of bed sores during a nursing home admission an indication of nursing home neglect?

Caring for nursing home patients is hard work! Caregivers must be dedicated to invest the necessary time and effort to assure the medical, personal and psychological needs of their patients are met.  When caregivers fail to provide necessary care, patients begins to suffer.  Compared with an affirmative act (such… read more »

Can malnutrition cause bed sores?

Yes.  As unbelievable as it sounds, some patients are literally starving in nursing homes and hospitals across the country.  When patients are not given adequate nutrition, organs begin to fail and critical body functions begin to deteriorate. As the largest organ of the body, the skin is one of the… read more »

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