How to Identify Suspicious Bruising in Older Adults

How to Identify Suspicious Bruising in Older Adults By Esther Heerema, MSW Many older adults bruise easily. In fact, it's not unusual for many younger people to have a bruise and not know how it happened. However, in nursing homes, CMS requires reporting of bruises that are of unknown origin and are suspicious. The difficulty comes in determining what kind of bruising is suspicious versus what is accidental and related to the high risks for bruising in older adults. How to Identify Suspicious Bruising in Older Adults  Research is limited in this area, but based on what studies have been conducted, here's what we know so far about how to determine if bruising is simply accidental or if it's suspicious in nature.  READ NOW Why Do We Forget? Causes of Memory Loss  While Alzheimer's and other kinds of dementia are responsible for many cases of memory loss, the good news is that there are other, non-permanent factors that can also cause memory loss.  READ NOW How Does Pet Therapy Benefit People with Dementia?  Pet therapy (also called animal-assisted therapy) for people with Alzheimer's and other kinds of dementia has received increased attention over the last several years. One reason is because of the emphasis on making facilities such as nursing homes and assisted living centers more homelike.   READ NOW Capgras Syndrome in Lewy Body Dementia  Does your loved one with Lewy body dementia accuse you of being an impostor? He may have Capgras syndrome—a disorder first identified in 1989 that also goes by the names Capgras delusions, delusional misidentification syndrome, and the delusion of doubles.   READ NOW Advertisement READ THESE NEXT Do You Experience Hot Feet From Multiple Sclerosis? How Was the RIBA Test Used to Detect Hepatitis C? Common Household Chemical Affects Thyroid in Young Girls What Can You Expect as Your Child Grows? What Was the RIBA Test for Hepatitis C? A DOTDASH BRAND You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Alzheimer's & Dementia newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2016 Verywell.com - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.