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Background Information on ProMedica Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation (Lely Palms) ProMedica Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation (Lely Palms), also known as ManorCare Health Services, LLC., is a 117-bed nursing home in Collier County, Florida. This non-profit facility owned by HCR Healthcare, LLC. can be located at 6135 Rattlesnake Hammock Road in Naples. ProMedica (Lely Palms) has...

Medication is supposed to help our loved ones heal, not harm them. Unfortunately, in understaffed or poorly managed nursing homes, prescription mistakes are alarmingly common — and often devastating. If your family member was harmed due to a drug overdose, missed dose, or wrong medication, you may be wondering if you can sue the nursing...

Nursing home abuse is a serious form of elder abuse. It occurs when a resident of a long-term care facility is harmed, either intentionally or unintentionally, by those in charge of taking good care of them.  Luckily, the government has laws in place to protect both residents of long-term care facilities and the people who...

When you place a loved one in a nursing home, you expect the nursing home to provide them with the care and consideration they deserve. However, this is not always the case. Nursing home abuse is more common than you might think, with over 15,000 complaints being filed against nursing homes in 2020 alone. This...

Legal History of Southwestern Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, a Pittsburgh Area Nursing Home Background Information on Southwestern Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Southwestern Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a 118-bed nursing home in Allegheny County. It can be found at 500 North Lewis Run Road in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The nursing home is a for-profit facility operating...

Understanding the Connection Between Osteomyelitis and Infected Bed Sores Osteomyelitis from Infected Pressure Wounds is Strongly Correlated with Nursing Negligence and Patient Neglect  Getting older is not easy on the body. However, when our loved ones reside in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, or in a hospital, certain kinds of injuries are not supposed to...

Baldwin Health Center – A Pittsburgh Nursing Home Background Information on Baldwin Health Center’s Legal Issues Baldwin Health Center is a for-profit nursing home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The 200-bed CommuniCare facility can be found at 1717 Skyline Drive. The nursing home’s legal business name is Skyline (PA) Leasing Co., LLC. and is owned by OMG...

Nursing home neglect is a serious problem in the United States. Unfortunately, nursing home residents can suffer from mistreatment in several ways. Two severe forms of neglect are dehydration and malnutrition. The Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987 requires nursing homes to assess the nutritional status of residents, both at the time of admission and...

Background Information on Avante at Leesburg Avante at Leesburg, also known as Avante at Leesburg, Inc., is a for-profit nursing home with 116 beds in Lake County. The facility is located at 2000 Edgewood Ave in Leesburg, Florida, which is just a two-minute drive from Leesburg Regional Medical Center. The facility accepts both Medicare and...

Bedsores, also known as pressure ulcers, are skin wounds that develop when an immobile person stays in one position for too long. Around 60,000 patients die as a direct result of bedsores yearly. With more than 17,000 lawsuits related to pressure ulcers filed annually, it is the second most common nursing home neglect and abuse...