Nursing Home Falls
June 11, 2011
There were 1.5 million people age 65 and older who lived in nursing homes in the U.S. in 2003, and that number is expected to rise to 3 million by the year 2030. About 5% of adults 65 and older live in nursing homes but they account for 20% of all deaths from falls in people 65 and […][...]
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Fall Prevention And Medical Malpractice
March 15, 2011
It is not uncommon for a patient in a hospital or in a nursing home to suffer one or more falls, resulting in serious injuries or even death. Not all falls are the result of medical malpractice (by definition in Maryland, medical malpractice occurs when the care given by the heal[...]
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