For many South Carolina families, the decision to move a loved one to a nursing home is the result of concern for the loved one’s safety. Elderly family members who are showing signs of dementia or have received a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s can quickly become a danger...
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The deadly truth about distracted drivers
Multitasking is a valuable skill in many areas of life. It helps if you can handle more than one project at work, and even parents of small children manage to accomplish many things at once. However, most will admit that trying to do one important task while...
Recognizing the signs of nursing home abuse
Most older people who live in care facilities, such as nursing homes, receive the best care possible. Sadly, this is not the case for every person, as many of them become victims of elder abuse. Elder abuse can take many forms, such as physical, mental or sexual, and...
Preventing motor vehicle accidents in the winter
As temperatures drop and the year comes to a close, many people around the country are preparing for wintertime driving. While some regions of the country have the equipment to handle driving in inclement weather, other areas -- where snowfall isn’t as common an...
5 tips for recognizing nursing home abuse in 2020
If you have a loved one in a nursing home, you always are concerned about the quality of care they are receiving. Since March, when the coronavirus pandemic rapidly spread throughout the United States, many family members have been limited in seeing their loved ones...
A rear-end collision can cause more than a mild concussion
Even a low speed, rear-end collision can result in serious consequences such as traumatic brain injury. To make the situation even more concerning, symptoms of brain damage may not show up for hours or even days after the crash. Traumatic brain injury facts There are...
A truck’s black box may provide crash-related information
When a commercial airliner crashes or has in-flight problems, investigators often glean valuable information from the vessel’s flight data recorder, commonly called the black box. If you have a serious accident involving a semitruck, you should know many of these...
Understanding Medicare’s nursing home rating system
If your aging parent cannot care for himself or herself, moving into a nursing home may make sense. Because you want your mother or father to be in good hands, though, you must realize that not all nursing homes offer the same level of care. To provide insight into...
The CSX train collision shows how suddenly a crash can occur
No one traveling aboard an Amtrak passenger train on a February night in 2018 suspected that it was on the same track as a stopped CSX freight train. The resulting collision resulted in injury and death and illustrated how suddenly a train crash can occur. What...
Falls kill about 1,800 U.S. nursing home residents annually
Deciding to place an aging loved one in a nursing home is often difficult, and so is selecting a home where you believe that your loved one is going to receive a high level of care. If you are like many others who came before you, you may have decided to move your...
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