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Ever wish you could monitor your loved one in a nursing home with a Granny camera? New Jersey just made that easier for its residents. Attorney General Chris Porrino announced recently that the State of New Jersey’s Division of Consumer Affairs will sponsor a program to distribute mini surveillance cameras for use inside nursing homes...

Brookdale West Boynton Received Multiple Violations in Recent State Survey Multiple AHCA investigations resulted in Brookdale West Boynton Beach Assisted Living Facility being cited for poor care. These unannounced state investigative surveys of the facility found numerous violations of Ch. 429 of the Florida Statutes, which governs Assisted Living Facility negligence in Florida. As a...

Philip Esformes is notorious in the nursing home industry. The son of Morris Esformes, the Illinois and Florida nursing home magnate, Philip followed in his father’s line of work. Unfortunately, Mr. Philip Esformes is alleged to not play by the rules. In 2016, Philip Esformes was indicted in the largest ever alleged Medicare fraud case ($1...

Candidate Trump ran on repealing and replacing Obamacare. However, in a misguided attempt to lower healthcare costs, President Trump and the GOP now want to bundle extreme tort reform measures into the Obamacare replacement plan. This favors corporations in violation of the Constitution. 7th Amendment to the US Constitution Protects Litigants Access to Courts The...

Signature Nursing Home Abuse Case Recently, a Memphis nursing home facility, owned and operated by the long term care conglomerate Signature Healthcare, was terminated from Medicare due to repeated instances of negligent nursing home care. Signature Healthcare at St. Francis has 8 remaining residents at this time. At its peak, the Signature nursing home held...

60+ residents required emergency rescuing by the state in the summer of 2016 at the Benchmark Healthcare nursing home in Festus, Missouri. Why? Nursing home owner Johnnie Mac Sells admitted to spending more than half a million dollars from Medicaid, intended for resident care, on strippers, online gambling and resort fees at his local country...

Everyone has heard the term ‘nursing home abuse’ but most are unsure how to spot signs of neglect. Be on the lookout for these 7 deadly sins of nursing home abuse: I. Bedsores A bedsore (pressure ulcer) is an injury which occurs due to unrelieved pressure. These pressure wounds typically form on a patient’s sacrum...

Rapid weight loss inside a nursing home is a serious health risk to elderly residents. So, why is your loved one losing weight inside a nursing home? Tragically, it may be due to nursing home neglect. If your loved one lost a significant amount of weight greater than 10% of their body mass index while...

Gangrene, Amputation and Nursing Home Negligence Is Amputation and Wrongful Death due to Gangrene Grounds for a Nursing Home Abuse Claim? Nursing homes are a place for our sick and elderly. The idea behind a skilled nursing facility is to provide 24 hour care to the most vulnerable of patients. This heightened level of care...

Two Delray Beach police officers took a weekend trip to Key West which tragically turned fatal. Officer Christine Braswell and Officer Bernendea Marc were riding tandem on a scooter Saturday when they were hit by an oncoming car. Both Braswell and Marc were airlifted to Jackson Memorial in Miami. Unfortunately, Officer Christine Braswell died at...