America’s Emergency Rooms are Flooded with Injured Senior Citizens. Many of these Injuries Arise out of Unreported Nursing Home Neglect. A recent federal government investigation by the Office of Inspector General has revealed that many incidents of nursing home abuse and neglect are not reported or investigated. The OIG determined that 1 in 5 high risk...
Reported Cases of Elder Abuse Sharply Increase Recently, a Connecticut Post article analyzed data and statistics on elder abuse. The numbers confirm that sadly, elder abuse and neglect is on a sharp incline. With statistics showing that elder abuse is on the rise, it is incumbent on our society to put in protections for our...
Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements Waive Your Legal Rights Your parent is discharged from the hospital. The doctors tell you they need rehabilitation. While you never envisioned your Mom being placed in a nursing home, you tell yourself it is only three weeks of rehab. On admission to the facility, you are presented with a stack...
If your parent was injured or died inside a nursing home, assisted living facility (ALF) or memory care unit, you may be considering a negligence lawsuit. Our nursing home abuse lawyers have helped thousands of families along their journey to justice after an injury or death inside a long term care facility. Below are 10...
Unexplained Nursing Home Injuries Warranted Further Investigation by Cleveland Family When Esther ‘Mitzi’ Piskor developed Alzheimer’s Disease, her family could not care for her needs at home. Like many other families, the Piskor’s were faced with a tough decision. Upon advice from their family doctor, the Piskor’s placed Mitzi in a nursing home. The family...
Getting Answers Following a Suspicious Death in a Nursing Home or Assisted Living Facility Questioning whether your loved one’s sudden passing away in a nursing home was a wrongful death? Is a death certificate always accurate on cause of death? Spotting elder abuse or neglect is difficult when you must rely on the facility’s own...
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Mission Hills Health Care George Thomason was a resident at Mission Hills Health Care nursing home, located at 4033 6th Ave in San Diego. He was admitted to the 96 bed, for-profit facility after a fall for monitoring his ongoing health conditions. According to Mr. Thomason’s surviving spouse, Carmen Thomason,...
Nursing home neglect and nursing home abuse often occur together, but represent two distinct causes of action against elder residents at nursing homes. The Pennsylvania Legislature passed the Older Adults Protective Services Act (OAPSA), (amended in 1997) to require specific reporting procedures on suspected abuse. The law requires that: “Any employee or administrator of a...
Regal Park / Colonial Assisted Living Aides Arrested for Duct Taping; False Imprisonment of Demented Patient Three aides at Regal Park assisted living facility, located in Boynton Beach, Florida, have been arrested for elder abuse. The shocking allegations involve the three aides duct taping a dementia resident into her chair, immobilizing her hands and feet,...
A nursing home resident named Richard Johnson suffered a fall from his bed on April 10, 2018. Nursing home staff allowed him to lay on the floor for over an hour as he called for the nurses to help. One arrived, saw him on the floor, and did nothing but walk out of the room....
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