Dan Frith

I ran across a recent article in the New York Times titled, “Preparing More Care of Elderly.” The article painted a pretty dark picture of the medical care received by the elderly. The article is instructive on many levels and is a “must read.” It describes how little money is…

I recently read an article on MSN titled, “10 Things Your Hospital Won’t Tell You.” A summary of the most important of those “10 things” follows: 1. At least 1.5 million patients are harmed every year by medication errors, according to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of…

What is malnutrition? Wikipedia defines “malnutrition” as the insufficient, excessive or imbalanced consumption of nutrients. Other sources state that malnutrition is a condition which results from an inadequate or unbalanced diet, digestive difficulties, absorption problems, or other medical conditions.Whatever the definition…it is not a good thing and is particularly problematic…

This is sad news…almost unbelievable news! NHC Healthcare – Bristol, a nursing home located in Bristol, Virginia is being sued for allowing an employee to sexually abuse (repeatedly over many years) a 93 year old resident. Nursing aides say every time someone steps into the frail, elderly woman’s room, she…

We place our aged loved ones in nursing homes because they can no longer take care of themselves and we lack the knowledge and/or ability to care for them ourselves. We expect our mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers to be cared for…we don’t expect what happened in a California nursing…