Check out this article:Reuters HealthThursday, June 7, 2007NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -The care of people with diabetes in nursing homes may be falling short in a number of important areas, a new study suggests.The study, of 11 nursing homes in Ohio and West Virginia, found that diabetic residents’ care generally…
read moreHere www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/11/AR2007061101927.html is a great commentary on Washington Post.com…. It’s about a topic many women over 45 think about daily – bone appropriate treatment.The side effects can be serious and many – so is Fosomax appropriate for everyone? First of all, for your nursing home or assisted living resident –…
read moreLets say I signed the following agreement with my boss and the company: “I will not contact any customers of the Frith Company, for two years after my employment, and/or solicit their business.” Then I quit – and for 1 year and 362 days, contact the old customers thus violating…
read moreWe receive calls frequently from employees that are leaving their jobs, and ask “if I open this kind of a business, and hire employee Smith from my old one, will I violate my non-compete?”The next question is then, “Will the Court find it enforceable?”My answer is always – “It depends.”…
read moreSepsis is a term we hear frequently in nursing home cases. – Pressure Ulcer develops, infection sets in and resident is hospitilized for treatment of “sepsis.” – Resident stubs her toe, gangrene develops and she is hospitilized for treatment of gangrene and “sepsis.” – Resident is incontinent, gets a UTI…
read moreA few weeks ago I reported on a survey that said depression leads to bone loss. Now, studies are showing that diabetes can lead to depression. The Archives of Internal Medicine published a study yesterday, reflecting that “Among well-functioning older adults, Diabetes is associated with increased risk of depressive symptoms.”…
read moreOk friends – I will admit that many believe my line of work is not in any way, a service to mankind. You know, plaintiff attorneys file so many frivolous lawsuits…Well today I stand proud knowing I have never and will never file a frivlous lawsuit – unlike the attorney…
read moreCheck out this article in yesterday’s Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/10/AR2007061001148.html“WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New tests involving blood and brain scans can detect symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, and brief appraisals of real-life functioning can predict who is likely to develop it, researchers saidSunday.The tests will be critical, experts told a meeting on Alzheimer’s…
read moreI wonder if we will ever read a report like this one in SW Virginia – my guess is, we might someday. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/05/AR2007060502558.html?hpid=topnews“From an emergency department with faulty monitors, IV pumps and broken stretchers to an operating room running part time for lack of staff, patient care is increasingly limited…
read moreMy friends at the Washington Post must have had access to the whole study on elderly patients with dementia, and psychotropic drugs – their very detailed article can be found:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/05/AR2007060500572.html
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