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Providing 114 beds, Savannah Court of the Palm Beaches is located at 2090 N. Congress Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL 33401 and offers nursing care, personalized services such as physical therapy and memory care. The facility states on its website that it strives to “offer a full spectrum of services that will enable your loved...

The Carlisle Palm Beach is an upscale, medium-sized, 175-bed, for-profit assisted living facility located at 450 E Ocean Avenue, Lantana, Florida 33462. It is owned or licensed to SL Carlisle LLC, which has been the owner/licensee since June 2014. The Carlisle Palm Beach has been sued in injury lawsuits and has been cited for deficiencies...

The Fort Lauderdale Retirement Home is shutting its doors for good, with owners relinquishing their Florida assisted living license after a significant bed bug infestation swept through the facility. In the wake of the closure, it does not appear that management is assisting to relocate the ALF’s residents. Our Fort Lauderdale assisted living neglect attorneys...

Federal Government Agency Determines Worst Rated FL Nursing Homes through SFF Program The federal government agency, CMS, issues a Special Focus Facility Program which highlights some of the worst rated nursing homes in the United States. The SFF program “offers a list of nursing homes that have a history of serious quality issues or are...

Understanding the Law on Nursing Home Natural Disaster Preparedness and Bringing a Natural Disaster Nursing Home Lawsuit The recent California wildfires have made national news. The burning flames are leaving devastation of record levels. Unfortunately, unprepared nursing homes may expose their residents to harm, injury or even wrongful death, if they do not act appropriately...

Lawyers Guiding You Down the Path of Justice in an Elder Abuse Lawsuit Sometimes you simply have no choice. A loved one has become so frail or confused that they cannot live alone. Perhaps you tried a caretaker and it didn’t work out. Round-the-clock care can be cost prohibitive and not always effective. At some...

Nursing Home Abuse Captured on Film Leads to a $1.2 Million Jury Verdict in Favor of Victim They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but in the case of Eryetha Mayberry of Oklahoma City, a video clip was worth a staggering 1.2 million dollars. In our opinion, as nursing home attorneys, this victim...

Why Do the States of Georgia and Tennessee Take So Long to Investigate Reports of Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect? Placing a loved one in a nursing home or long-term care facility is heart-wrenching enough without having to worry about something terrible happening. And if it does, you expect the proper agencies to take immediate...

Is it worth it to complain internally to nursing home management about bad care? Should you complain to the nursing home administrator and director of nursing about negligent treatment? The answer is yes, but there is a time, place and manner in which to raise your nursing home complaints for maximum effectiveness. Our nursing home...

Placing a loved one in a long-term care facility is a heart-rending decision. And you trust that the staff will do their best to make life comfortable, safe and enjoyable. But shocking new allegations allege that local nursing homes and staffing agencies are violating human rights by using threats to coerce hundreds of Filipino nurses...