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Medicare reveals the seven most common nursing home problems

Four things that you can do to stay safe in a skilled nursing facility

Bedsores, pressure sores or wounds, and decubitus ulcers—whatever you call them, they are a serious medical issue

When patients are discharged from a hospital to a nursing or rehab facility, it is a notorious time for things to fall through the cracks

Some skilled nursing facilities lack adequate staffing to provide quality patient care

Nurses sometimes ignore the standardized tools in place to identify at-risk patients, and to prevent and treat pressure injuries

Manufacturer drug labels warn of the risk of deadly respiratory depression

As of 5/11/17, in Houston alone, 47 facilities had state agency ratings of 13 to 50, on a scale of 100

Thousands of patients fall in hospitals each year and 30-50% of these falls injure patients

Facilities must watch for signs of infections, so doctors can treat them promptly

Texas law allows patients the right to use video to monitor their rooms