Should Assisted Living Facilities House Advanced Dementia Patients? Two inescapable facts control this discussion. Americans are living longer, and therefore suffer from unprecedented rates of dementia. Assisted Living Facilities are rapidly expanding their services provided, including developing ‘memory care’ or ‘dementia care’ units. Although these two facts seem complimentary in theory, practically, they are not....
Boca Raton Police Department Calls Manor Care Death “Suspicious” The Boca Raton PD is investigating the death of an elderly Manor Care of Boca Raton resident. During the early morning hours of Friday April 12, 2019, the unidentified male resident was seen roaming the halls of Manor Care Boca unattended. This patient had dementia and...
Patient Fall Case Filed Against Abbey Delray Recently, our Delray Beach nursing home abuse attorneys filed a patient fall lawsuit against Abbey Delray. Abbey Delray is a nursing home located off Lowson Boulevard in Delray Beach, Florida. The sprawling long term care campus offers assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing. The below lawsuit filed...
Our West Palm Beach assisted living abuse attorneys have filed a lawsuit against Arden Courts of West Palm Beach on behalf of Denis O’Brien and his family. The lawsuit alleges that Denis O’Brien was not an appropriate candidate for assisted living and that, as a result of his admission into the facility, he fell two...
Daniel Scanlan’s mysterious wrongful death inside a Bethlehem Township, PA Arden Courts Memory Care has been ruled a homicide. The 84 year old resident of the long-term care facility suffered from confusion and dementia. His death, which occurred at Arden Courts of Old Orchard in Easton, PA, was investigated for more than half a year...
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....
Our experienced nursing home abuse attorneys have filed a local Palm Beach County case on behalf of Ms. Catherine Cory and her survivors. In this lawsuit against Heartland, the Plaintiff alleges that Ms. Cory fell repeatedly without proper interventions or supervision. Below are the pertinent factual allegations contained in the Complaint for Damages against Heartland...
A recent Florida Supreme Court Opinion distinguishes cases of medical malpractice from ordinary negligence. This ruling will be helpful to plaintiffs injured in quasi-medical incidents in establishing their case is not subject to medical malpractice laws. Attorney Michael Brevda represented the Plaintiff in the underlying Supreme Court case of Townes v. National Deaf Academy. A...
Fatal falls and fall-related injuries are increasing in senior citizens across the United States, according to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. The startling statistics serve as a reminder: when older adults fall, the results can be deadly. Falling is a Frequent Cause of Death in Seniors Deaths from unintentional injuries are...
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