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A New Hampshire resident infected with the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus has died, state health authorities said. The Hampstead resident's infection was the first in the state ...
An 84-year-old woman reportedly died on Christmas Eve after she remained outside her nursing home in Ohio because nurses thought she had left in the care of her brother. On Dec. 24, Alvera Meuti ...
A resident died at an assisted living facility in Oregon after she was left outside in the sun for hours, officials said. The woman was found unresponsive in a courtyard Aug. 30 at Aspen Ridge ...
Long-term exercise appears to decrease the rate of falls in older people. [5] Rates of falls in hospital can be reduced with a number of interventions together by 0.72 from baseline in the elderly. [28] In nursing homes, fall prevention programs that involve a number of interventions prevent recurrent falls. [29]
Fall prevention includes any action taken to help reduce the number of accidental falls suffered by susceptible individuals, such as the elderly and people with neurological (Parkinson's, Multiple sclerosis, stroke survivors, Guillain-Barre, traumatic brain injury, incomplete spinal cord injury) or orthopedic (lower limb or spinal column fractures or arthritis, post-surgery, joint replacement ...
Sundowning, or sundown syndrome, [1] is a neurological phenomenon wherein people with delirium or some form of dementia experience increased confusion and restlessness beginning in the late afternoon and early evening.
Leigh Day is representing 22 people who each have one or more family members who died, some in hospital but the majority in care homes.
An 80-year-old Minnesota nursing home resident has died from her injuries after a fire started while she was on her motorized scooter, police have confirmed. On Monday, Jan. 6 at approximately 4: ...