by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Mar 27, 2019 | Aging, Safety, Sentinel Articles
Understanding fall risk is an important aspect of fall prevention. There are a number of assessment tools which can help identify potential risk. These tools consider various factors which can influence the likelihood of a fall and assign certain scores to each...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Mar 18, 2019 | Aging, Safety, Sentinel Articles
Can you guess what will happen to one out of every four Americans age 65 and older this year? Every 11 seconds, this same situation will cause an emergency room visit for an older adult, and every 19 minutes an older adult will die as a result of this situation....
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Feb 21, 2019 | Family Living, Health information, Safety, Sentinel Articles
In Pennsylvania, reports of suspected elder abuse have been rising steadily for several years. During the fiscal year 2016-2017, Adult Protective Services (APS) across the Commonwealth received a total of 28,633 reports of suspected elder abuse. Of these...
by David D. Nesbit, Esq. | Jul 30, 2018 | Alzheimer's and Dementia, Family Living, Safety, Sentinel Articles
CBS News cited Census data to list Pennsylvania as the eleventh most heavily-armed state, with 88,732 registered firearms among 5,928,814 people. In launching the Alzheimer’s State Plan Task Force, Governor Wolf said “over 400,000 Pennsylvanians are living with...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Jul 9, 2018 | Aging, Safety, Sentinel Articles
Independence, or the “freedom from outside control or support” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary), is one of the fundamental principles upon which our nation was founded. Independence continues to be a core value in American culture today, and thoughts of shared...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Apr 17, 2017 | Family Living, Safety, Sentinel Articles
Last week’s column addressed some background information related to the disorder of hoarding. Many people with this disorder do not recognize the health and safety issues which can result from excessive hoarding, or the emotional distress that others in the household...
