This case involves the defendant assisted living facility’s failure to properly offload pressure, leading to multiple pressure ulcers and the death of the plaintiff’s 84-year-old sister.

Long-term care providers are being urged to ensure they have proper arbitration agreements in place after a jury ordered a $12.35 million verdict against a major operator upon finding it mostly ...

Extensive work is done in assessment, identification and treatment of a pressure ulcer to understand the patient‘s needs and avoid F-Tag 314. The key to success is to have the skin assessment at the ...

Why: Pressure ulcers are serious problems that occur frequently in hospitalized, community-dwelling and nursing home older adults, accounting for 3-11% in acute facilities, and 24% in long-term ...

Hospital patients taking multiple medications may be more likely to develop pressure ulcers irrespective of other risk ...

Research led by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine along with scientists at the Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin in Berlin, Germany, provides first evidence that ...

Pressure ulcers — also known as decubitus ulcers or bedsores — are wounds that result from low blood flow. Stage 2 pressure ulcers are usually open wounds, like an ulcer, with swelling, discoloration, ...

A care provider has been ordered to pay £138,170 and the nursing home's manager has been ordered to pay £7,170 at Blackpool Magistrates' Court, after they failed to protect a resident from avoidable ...

If your primary care doctor isn’t available to assess your pain, or your symptoms are getting worse, urgent care can treat symptoms associated with a possible stomach ulcer. A burning sensation in the ...

For families in Southern Maryland, choosing a nursing home or long-term care facility is often one of the most difficult decisions they face. The expectation is simple: loved ones should receive ...