KIDNEY FAILURE AS A SIGN OF NURSING HOME ABUSE Symptoms and How We Can Hold Nursing Homes Accountable
If you want to make sure your elderly loved one isn’t experiencing neglect at the hands of nursing home staff, you first need to know what the signs of neglect are. One unfortunately common sign is kidney failure, also known as renal failure. Kidneys serve a number of important functions in the body. They remove waste and excess fluid from your body, cleanse the blood of toxins, and regulate your body’s balance of water, salts, and minerals. That means when the kidneys stop working, it causes the body to break down in some very painful ways. Several different conditions can lead to kidney failure, but among the most common are untreated infections, untreated diabetes, untreated kidney stones, dehydration, and medical errors. All of these conditions can be brought on by nursing home neglect, so if your loved one is experiencing any of them, it could lead to kidney failure. Nursing home staff are entrusted with the care of some of the most vulnerable people in our society, yet there are so many cases of nursing home neglect throughout the country. Nursing home abuse and neglect may have made national news over the past year and a half as more and
more nursing home residents contracted and died from COVID-19, but the sad fact of the matter is that it was happening long before the pandemic, and it will probably continue after the pandemic is over. Nursing home residents are vulnerable to a number of different illnesses and conditions, and not just because of their age. In order to make sure that nursing homes take the proper steps to care for their residents, we need to show them that our society will hold them accountable for their actions. If you’re in need of a nursing home abuse lawyer with experience working with patients with kidney problems, call Shuttlesworth Law Firm today at (205) 322-1411.
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The Heat That Can’t Be Beat THE HOTTEST PLACES ON EARTH
The heat in Alabama can get pretty intense in the summer, but there are places on Earth that are far hotter than our home state! The hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth was in Death Valley, California, during this month last year, at 130 degrees F! Hope the residents of Death Valley have A/C. However, another hot spot that deserves a mention when it comes to high temperatures is Dallol, Ethiopia. This desolate region of the East African country has the highest average year-round temperature, remaining close to 96–97 degrees F, even in the winter!
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But hey — at least in those places, it’s probably a dry heat, right?
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