Elderly Victim Shocked after Fall; Son Ready for Legal Action Following Incident at Hospital
If your aging relative’s residence has a lot of stairs, is cluttered with furniture or knick-knacks, has narrow corridors or slippery floors, a trip-and-fall injury is much more likely. Be sure that someone is looking after the outside of the home ...
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or furniture in a hallway. Remove or secure anything that might make the person trip. Make sure walking areas in the home have good lighting. The person may need a cane, walker, or other equipment to help him or her walk more steadily. This helps prevent a fall or injury that leaves ...
Immediately notify their doctor that they’ve had a fall and keep an eye out for emerging pain and signs of injury. How to Get Back Up After You Have Fallen Much as we’d like to hope so, family caregivers aren’t immune to falling. Commit these steps to memory to ensure you’re pr...
An elderly woman with increasing dyspnoea after a fall.An elderly woman with increasing dyspnoea after a fall.doi:10.1136/bcr.12.2010.3642An otherwise healthy 92-year-old woman was admitted to our department with shortness of breath and dysphagia 10 h after a fall in her bathroom. Medical chec...
If they get excited or upset then they may become more confused and more difficult to look after. Although sometimes it can be extremely difficult, it is best to be patient and not to get upset yourself. You should always encourage old people to do as much as possible for themselves but ...
Normal Sleep in Adults, Infants, and the Elderly Normal sleep is divided into non–rapid eye movement (NREM) and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. NREM sleep is further divided into progressively deeper stages of sleep: stage N1 (NREM 1), stage N2 (NREM 2), and stage N3 (NREM 3). [...
After 10-12 h of zoledronate infusion, patient became confused, disorientated, and agitated. A septic work-up was negative. Electrolyte disturbances were excluded with normal sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium levels. Computed tomography of the brain was unremarkable. A metabolic cause could...
Ground-level fallTrauma imagingIntroduction Computed tomography (CT) of the torso has become increasingly common for assessment of fall patients in the emergency department. Some data suggest that older adults (≥65) may benefit from torso imaging more than younger patients. We sought to evaluate ...