Aging and the Family
Nursing Home Placement
Aging parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and others affect the entire family. As family members age, tough decisions must be made. One difficult decision is knowing when a family member needs nursing home placement and how to choose the best nursing home for this person's needs.
Nursing Home Injury Law Firm Stance on Aging and the Family
As a law firm experienced in nursing home abuse, injury, and neglect cases, we understand that growing old and becoming weaker is part of the normal aging process. This process, however, should never be a painful experience, physically or emotionally, for the nursing home resident or other family member.
Nursing home lawyer Jeffrey H. Rasansky has represented nursing home residents and their families for more than ten years. Amid increasing reports of nursing home abuse and neglect, Jeff and his team of legal and medical professionals work to keep the public informed about seniors' rights and about new Texas laws designed to protect our elders as they age.
Jeff's legal representation is founded on providing caring consultation to nursing home patients and their families and adopting an aggressive stance against disreputable nursing homes and other elder care facilities. As a nursing home injury law firm, our first objective is to understand the complexities of an elder abuse case. Each case is different, each situation different. We use aggressive trial tactics and strategies to maximize recoveries for our nursing home abuse clients. We rely on state-of-the-art tools and techniques, and will commit all our resources necessary to insure the most effective action on your family's behalf.
We believe our nursing home abuse clients and their families should feel secure while coping with the aging process. Our significant financial strength allows us to aggressively attack even the largest nursing home facilities. We pledge that we will not b/p>
Types of Incontinence
There are several types of urinary incontinence. Incontinence can be caused by mental or medical conditions.
Stress incontinence
Stress incontinence is most common in women. During stress incontinence, the urethral sphincter fails to hold urine because of increased pressure, caused by having multiple children, muscle weakness, and aging. Elderly nursing home residents with stress incontinence inadvertently leak when they laugh, cough, sneeze, change position, stand, lift or engage in some other physical activity.
Overflow incontinence
Overflow incontinence is commonly seen in males with prostrate problems and all residents with neurological problems.
Functional incontinence
Functional incontinence results from the physical or mental inability to urinate. Restraints or the inability to get a toilet affect the physical ability, while lack of communication skills affect the mental ability. The resident may show signs of urge incontinence.
Reflux Incontinence
Unconscious, or reflux, incontinence is a neurological dysfunction. The nursing home resident may not be aware of the need to urinate, depending on the cause of the problem. The resident is frequently or continuously incontinent, and may experience severe urgency and bladder hypersensitivity.
How to Prevent Incontinence
* Curb any negative reactions to the nursing home resident's incontinence. Incontinence is a medical problem beyond the resident's control.
* Body language, actions, or words indicating disgust are hurtful
