Employees who suffer from TBI in Virginia may require special accommodations. If injured while holding a position in a company, brain injuries may make the work more difficult or impossible to perform. For any employee...
Can lack of eating indicate nursing home neglect? Yes, lack of eating can indicate neglect when the nursing home is causing or failing to address the reasons for the failure to eat. If your elderly...
Any blow to the head can result in a traumatic brain injury. Whether from a fall, auto accident or sports injury, a TBI can have serious and wide-ranging physical and mental consequences. Seeking immediate medical care when...
Individuals in Virginia suffer from concussions from something as simple as a fall to as complicated as a car accident. Head injuries are unpredictable and may not show up immediately and at times may even...
Any instance of abuse in Virginia is one too many. However, the most heartbreaking situations involve people who cannot defend themselves. Thus, the abuse of children, the elderly, incapacitated adults and even pets are especially...
Sports safety is an active area of funded research. Each advance in development and application of safety procedures and equipment works to minimize severe, life-altering injuries. Those who fund research to mitigate sports-related injury realize...
Elder abuse is sadly common. Approximately 10% of Americans 60 and older are victims of some type of abuse, share the National Council on Aging. Abuse and neglect often take place in nursing homes. Nursing home residents...
If you have an elderly parent or family member who is not capable of living alone, you may need to make the decision to place him or her in a Virginia nursing home or long-term...
If your parent resides in one of Virginia’s many nursing homes, you should familiarize yourself with the growing practice of chemical restraint that many nursing homes use to control patients who become loud, uncooperative or...
Making the decision to move a loved one into a Virginia nursing home is not one that you or others make lightly, and you have likely done so with the belief that it will be...
