According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), nursing home neglect is the failure to provide care for an older adult. One of the earliest and common signs of nursing home neglect is bedsores, also known as pressure ulcers. Bedsores are painful wounds caused by unrelieved pressure on the skin. Blood flow into the area decreases and the ulcer forms. …
Texas Now Has a 30-year Statute of Limitations Benefiting Child Sex Abuse Victims and Certain Claims
Effective September 1, 2019, Texas made progress and increased its statute of limitations from 15 to 30 years concerning certain claims against individuals “arising from” sexual assault or abuse of children. This is an article from WFAA in Dallas concerning this increase, authored back in May 2019. The newly enacted, larger limitations period is now codified at Tex. Civ. Pract. …
Transform Recalls Four-Drawer Chests Due to Tip-Over and Entrapment Hazards; Sold Exclusively at Kmart
Here is yet another piece of recalled furniture – this one a 4-drawer chest sold exclusively at Kmart stores – that poses a dangerous tipping hazard. The recall is effective August 11, 2020 and involves about 19,900 Essential Home Belmont 2.0 chests. These were sold at Kmart stores and online by Kmart between March 2018 and April 2020. There are …
Texas to Allow Limited Visitation in Nursing Homes With No Active Coronavirus Cases
As reported by the Texas Tribune and other Texas news outlets, here is some good news if a loved one of yours resides in a nursing home with “no active coronavirus cases.” Of course, the risk of infection in nursing homes remains substantial. Caution is still required. More aggressive testing in Texas ought to be one key to controlling entry …
Sexual Assault of Teenage Employees by Management at Fast Food Restaurants Occurs Far More Often You Might Think
This is an article out of Michigan illustrating an ongoing problem: Adult male managers of fast food restaurants preying on minor or teenage girl employees and sexually assaulting them during or after work hours. This is just one example of this happening in the fast-food industry. A Google search yields many more reports of similar occurrences. These are truly dreadful …
Wound Care in Texas Nursing Homes
A high number of residents in nursing homes in the United States and in Texas suffer from wounds on an almost daily basis. According to the Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics, nursing home residents today tend be older than those over a decade ago, and also tend to have more preexisting conditions that …
Blood Tests for Alzheimer’s Disease in Development
We read yesterday in the New York Times about an exciting development in the ability to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease via a mere blood test. In the past the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, as opposed to dementia or other form of brain disorder causing cognitive impairment, has been very difficult, expensive, and oftentimes inaccurate. This difficulty, inaccuracy, and cost have created …
Is a Dog “Attack” the Same as a Dog Bite?
Texans love their dogs. In fact, the Lone Star State is home to half a million more dogs than there are in California, even though Texas has 12 million fewer people. With more dogs, however, comes more dog problems. In fact, Texas leads the nation in fatal dog attacks between 2005 and 2013.
When Discrimination Reaches the Level of Medical Malpractice
Although discrimination in the healthcare industry is illegal, unethical, and morally repugnant, it still happens every day in the United States.
Dallas Dogs on the Loose
While known as “man’s best friend” in more cozy environments, the stray dogs roaming the streets of Dallas pose a very real threat to the residents.
