Ulcerative Colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease which affects the inner lining of the large intestine and rectum. Crohns is the chronic inflammatory bowel disease which affects any part of the digestive tract and causes damage deep in the…

Why a high fiber diet? High fiber diets have a lot of benefits, some of those include lowering cholesterol, decreasing the risk of certain cancers, help slow glucose absorption, and can contribute to weight loss due to the ability to…

A bowel obstruction is when something blocks the bowel (large or small intestines) from passing contents normally. Digestion and absorption occur in the intestines. The small intestines reach from the stomach to the large intestine. The large intestine goes from…

Ralph Dyer died in a fire at Bel Air Senior Apartments on November 27, 2008. Although the facility claimed to be a senior housing complex, it was  established to be far more.  It is an  assisted living facility providing care…

Communication among staff, families and residents help keep small problems from becoming big problems.  Periodically, the nursing home must hold care conferences.  During these meetings, the Interdisciplinary Care Team should discuss the needs of the resident,  identify current problems and/or…

For the past 25 years, our law firm has represented hundreds of senior citizens that have been injured in nursing home, assisted living, adult foster care facilities and hospitals. These lawsuits are brought on behalf of the injured victim and/or…

To  demonstrate revision of the Fall Care Plan, created as an example in Tip #18, the following changes could be made by utilizing appropriate stages of the nursing process.  Again, the necessary changes made in the plan of care should…

Revision of our Fall Care Plan, created as an example in Tip #18, would be necessary if a fall occurred or your loved one continued to place themselves in an unsafe situation, such as, attempting  self transfers, despite the current…

In researching an article, I encountered these startling statistics in a text entitled Evidence-Based Nursing Protocols for Best Practice, Capazuti, 3rd Edition,Springer Publishing, 2008: One-third of older adults fall once a year in their own home. There are 2.3 to…

Risk factors for Hypertension (high blood pressure) include: Age, Race (Blacks are at an increased risk), Stress, Obesity, Family history, High salt and / or cholesterol intake, oral contraceptives, cigarette smoking, Excessive alcohol use, history of diabetes, gout or kidney…