I will not think about ABUSE until anyone turns over the ugly head, and often it continues for a while. And no one wants to think that it will happen to their parents. After all, they are well maintained and are in a reputable nursing home with highly friendly staff. To do. Also, as you can see "warning signs", you can stop it more sooner in your loved ones. You can share one of those incidents with you and make you more conscious of what you can see and avoid.
Emma 's story is not like senior citizens abused from caregivers and facilities. I shared the story of her and the story of the child and I wanted to better understand how this kind of thing happens. Her story, like many others, was very subtle. Emma delays the onset of Alzheimer's disease, but it is a very tragic and impaired disease. I'd like to share some information about her condition. Because it is quite frequent for elderly couples and their families. Hopefully this will help to raise awareness of how abusable happens easily to loved ones.
Susan and Bill are in the mid 60 's. The other day, they expressed serious concern to Bill's mother. A few years ago, they said that 87 - year - old mother Emma 's mother, Emma, was suspected of beginning Alzheimer' s disease. There has been a long discussion on Alzheimer's disease, and there has been a long debate about the mechanism of irreversible and progressive mental deterioration which can occur in middle or old age. Fortunately, Bill's mother began to show signs of Alzheimer's disease from the mid-eighties through the second half.
Susan has done some research on the Internet and knew that it is the most common form of dementia. We have been watching friends and family, we know that Alzheimer's goal is to destroy memories and thought skills. Causes and symptoms vary from person to person as well as the progress of the disease. To help people suffering from Alzheimer's disease, it is important to learn about diseases and various care options.
When Ema first began to develop Alzheimer's disease she showed mild symptoms with arousal and mild confusion. From all the studies, Susan and Bill knew that Alzheimer's disease patients could perform the simplest task later in the year.
They decided to take Burma 's mother to a geriatric specialist for the exam. After her exam, Dr. Hawkins explained that Alzheimer's disease is complex and that reaching diagnosis is a long process. He said it was prudent to take Emma to the exam as it is important to understand that there are many steps and visits to the doctor to determine if Emma had Alzheimer Told.
As Emma's illness progressed, her symptoms worsened. This medication therapy failed to significantly slow down the damage Alzheimer's disease was causing the brain cells of Emma. Initially the medicine stabilized the state of Emma, but only for a short period of time.
Physicians also treated emma's behavioral symptoms with medication and handled several ways to deal with symptoms. Dr. Hawkins said Susan and Bill need to watch the trigger. Knowing these triggers allows you to adopt various response strategies. Some of these included avoiding conflicts and confirming that Emma was taking enough rest. They had to monitor her comfort and maintain a quiet environment. Susan asked about herbs, nutritional supplements, and "medical" foods as possible treatments for enhancing Emma's memory. Dr. Hawkins said there was no clear evidence that these things would work.
However, as the disease progressed, Emma 's memory loss, especially recent memories, increased. Emma, like many patients with Alzheimer's disease, experienced severe changes in behavior. She started things from things. She was aggressive, fierce excited and over sensitive. She became depressed and felt sick. She was also difficult asleep as other common symptoms. Emma's thought and reason was impaired, even making a well-known work impossible. The deterioration of her brain made her difficult and changed by Susan and Bill in ways to watch over and deal with.
The progressive nature of the illness brought Emma to the point that Bill and Susan could no longer take care of her at her house. So, about six months ago they thanked her for a care facility specializing in care for Alzheimer's disease patients. It has a good reputation and everyone seemed very friendly and helpful.
Immediately after Emma joined the facility, Susan and Bill created a real estate strategy. Mr. Bill told me he was worried whether he had a genetic predisposition to the disease. His comments led to discussions of contributing factors such as genetic factors, lifestyle habits and environmental factors. There are various factors that the building is exposed to the risk of Alzheimer's disease. Age and genetics are risk factors. Fortunately, Bill has not experienced any signs of illness. However, when Bill aged, his mother 's history of Alzheimer' s disease caused him to increase the risk of developing illness.
Bill recognizing the importance of lifestyle and cardiac health promised to avoid stressful and fatty foods. Women like Burma's mama are more likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease than men. Several causes and risk factors of Alzheimer's disease are impossible to change or control. But lifestyle and the health of the heart promised Bill to control. Fortunately, Bill said it adheres to his healthy diet and exercise routine.
What was the connection with Emma? The key is not only to recognize it early on your loved ones but also to check out in case you do so in order to see any signs early. As early as any disease, it is a good opportunity to know how to defeat it or how to deal with it.
However, there was another problem. There was a serious problem in their mind ... and the nursing facility where Emma lived was involved. Bill and Susan felt something was going along Emma and her Alzheimer. They were watching a couple of signs that led Emma to be suspected abused in the care facility and left unattended. They knew Emma well enough and there was sufficient sign to show that there was a problem with the facility.
If this is true and she was abused or neglected, they wanted to explain legal remedies as they signed a one-year contract with the house. I started with the definition of what abuse of the nursing home looked at. This is generally defined as behavior or disablement that causes irrational distress, misery, or harm to the patient. It may include something like patient assault or may include refraining of the necessary food, medical care or physical care from the patient.
It was wonderful that Bill and Susan were involved in Emma 's life while she was in the nursing home. This is the best way to recognize and prevent abuse occurs.
They took the opportunity to explain how to recognize their warning signs, thinking as five major categories of abuse, as they are suspected that something is happening. This was very useful for Bill and Susan, so I wanted to share these five things with everyone. These signs can prevent abuse from happening even if we all know it, even if not for those who love it. Here is a list of five categories of abuse ...
1. NEGLECT - Negligence may be intentional or unintentional at facilities in a nursing home. Neglect occurs in the simplest way when the patient's needs are not satisfied. This includes not providing the patient with appropriate food, water, medical care and personal care for the patient. This may be an intentional selection by the staff or may be made unintentionally due to lack of appropriate staff in the nursing home.
Regardless of how it happens, it is important to know the warning signs of ignoring. Abandoned patients may have dehydration or malnutrition. Bed scratches and other skin conditions may also be a sign of ignoring. Declining personal hygiene may ignore personal care signs. Weight loss is also a sign that is consistent with neglect. I watched Bill and Susan either of these signs and asked me to confirm whether I am aware of any of them at the moment. If any of these exist Emma may become a victim of ignorance.
2. Psychological abuse - Psychological abuse in nursing homes is one type that is very difficult to identify because it is subtle and difficult to notice. Early warning signs are when people feel extreme sorrow, fear, and / or anxiety. This type of abuse occurs when you excessively shout, humiliate, criticize, or ashamed of a patient. It also threatens and threatens the elderly patient. In many cases, psychological abuse of time involves other forms of abuse.
Because of Emma 's Alzheimer' s disease, it is very difficult to judge psychological abuse. Elderly people experiencing psychological abuse often become cowardly and retreat. Depression is a sign of psychological abuse, but I have also experienced Alzheimer's disease patients. Some of the victims of psychological abuse will become more angry, intensely and aggressive like Alzheimer's disease patients. Changes in behavior are common to patients who experienced this type of abuse. Because of depression, there are sudden weight loss and loss of appetite. These patients can even refuse food and medication. Bill and Susan are aware of these warning signs and are committed to protecting Emma 's behavioral changes.
3. Physical abuse - Physical abuse at the elderly home is abuse that brings physical harm to residents of the elderly. It is accompanied by physical harm of unintended bulging such as blow, kick, or pinch. Physical abuse may come from restraint, excessive use of bed injuries, or physical negligence.
Physical abuse seems easy to identify, but not necessarily so. Some of the signs of physical abuse are hidden in false stories of clothes, collapsing or standing. Scratches and abrasions, falls, fractures, head injuries are signs of physical abuse. Injuries that require emergency treatment and injuries that cause fractures should become red flags for families. Staff in charge of abused residents often refuse to leave when families are present. This may be a warning sign that something negative is happening with the resident. We suggested that Bill and Susan attend and observe to visit Emma to do appropriate treatment and care. It is a good idea to make it isolated from her caregiver even in a short period of time and to share your feelings and insight with your care.
Four. Sexual abuse - Sexual abuse is a form of another abuse that takes place in a care facility. This type of abuse includes undesirable sexual attention or sexual exploitation. This can occur in any patient, and it is particularly difficult to detect in patients with cognitive or memory impairment (like Emma), among others.
Sexual abuse may be difficult to identify, but there are some warning signs. Pelvic injuries or bruises in the genitals and thighs may be an indication of the elderly sexual abuse. The new contract STD is a big red flag. Sexual abuse may make difficult or difficult to explain elderly people. There are also behavioral and mood changes including abnormal sex acts.
Five. Financial difficulties - This type of abuse occurs when a caregiver uses access to the financial problems of the elderly, and it steals or compromises the property of the victim. This may unlawfully steal people, accounts, application for borrowing, claims for services paid by Medicare or Medicaid.
Emma had restrictions on the use of money, but we told Bill and Susan to see the warning signs of the top three warnings of financial abuse: 1) Caregiver requests money, 2) Unexpected billing on credit card or sudden management of personal finances. 3) Emma forces to sign the financial statements or forge documents in the name.
If any of these abuses is suspected, it is important to investigate the facility question. Despite the one year contract, Bill can remove Emma from the facility because abuse and neglect are a breach of the contract.
Unfortunately, much of the abuse crime has not been reported. Currently, Bill and Susan are much more powerful as they know what to monitor and what to do in order to take appropriate legal action to protect people who are victims of Emma and abuse did. The more you know and the more you share the story with our insight, the more likely it is to eliminate the abuse of senior loved ones at the nursing home. Let's cooperate and find warning signs for loved ones and others.
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