Making Sure Proper Nursing Home Care Continues During Hurricane Irma to Prevent Wrongful Death Many nursing homes and assisted living facilities across Florida have evacuated the Sunshine State in advance of Hurricane Irma. With many nursing home residents taking refuge in Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama, experts advise vulnerable patients in the path of the...
Golden Living Nursing Home Whistleblower Lawsuit
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro reinstates the government’s nursing home whistleblower lawsuit against the Golden Living nursing home chain. The claim centers around the fact that Golden Living routinely understaffs its nursing homes and fails to provide appropriate levels of care to residents. Who is Golden Living Nursing Home? Golden Living is a large, national...
Can a Male Nurse Change My Mom’s Diaper in a Nursing Home?
Unwanted Sexual Touching in a Nursing Home Incontinent nursing home residents require frequent diaper changes in order to stay clean. But can a male nurse change a female resident’s diaper in a nursing home? Can a man shower a female resident? The answer is more complicated than a simple yes or no. It will largely...
Do I Need to Open an Estate in my Wrongful Death Case?
A formal estate must be opened in all Florida wrongful death lawsuits. Here’s why: a dead person has no standing to bring a claim. The estate is like a vehicle to bring the wrongful death case with a court appointed ‘driver’, referred to as the Personal Representative, who has the power to prosecute the case...
Florida Nursing Home Resident Rights
Updated 4-13-2019. Florida law guarantees each nursing home resident certain rights. These include the right to be free from nursing home abuse and neglect. Violations of the Florida statutory nursing home resident’s bill of rights can result in fines and lawsuits. As Florida nursing home abuse attorneys, most of our cases involve violations of the...
Abbey Delray Cited for Complaints, Deficiencies & Lawsuits
Abbey Delray was recently cited by the State of Florida Agency for Health Care Administration for multiple deficiencies. During a series of unannounced surveys, inspectors found care violations that could potentially lead to harm to Abbey Delray residents. If you think you have a potential case against Abbey Delray for negligence, contact the experienced elder...
Lawsuit Filed vs. Whitehall Nursing Home, now Encore at Boca Raton
7/13/18 UPDATE: Whitehall of Boca is now known as The Encore at Boca Raton. It is unclear at this time whether The Encore at Boca Raton has purchased the liabilities of Whitehall of Boca and whether Encore at Boca will settle lawsuits against Whitehall. More on Whitehall change of ownership to The Encore at Boca...
Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed vs. JFK Medical Center for Bed Sores
The Florida medical malpractice lawyers at Senior Justice Law Firm have recently filed a lawsuit against JFK Medical Center for allowing its patient to develop bed sores. Unfortunately, the patient was admitted to JFK hospital completely immobilized. She was unable to move herself in bed. The nurses at JFK Medical Center were required to turn...
Delray Medical Center Falls, Bed Sores and Patient Lawsuits
Despite its shiny new exterior renovation, Delray Medical Center still occasionally commits medical malpractice by neglecting patients and allowing falls and bedsores to occur. As Boca Raton hospital negligence lawyers, we have handled a number of lawsuits against Delray Medical Center for injuries to patients. The majority of cases we’ve sued Delray Medical Center for...
Nursing Home Arbitration is Unfair and Apparently, Here to Stay, According to CMS
Imagine the horrific experience of having a loved one killed inside a nursing home due to abuse or neglect. You would want justice, right? Legally, your only option would be to sue the nursing home in court. Unfortunately, the Trump administration Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has proposed a rule allowing nursing homes and...