Confused on the differences between “elder abuse”, “elder neglect”, “nursing home negligence”, and “elder exploitation”? You are not alone. Many times, these words are used interchangeably to define misconduct resulting in physical, emotional, psychological or financial harm to older adults. However, there are subtle differences between abuse, neglect, exploitation and negligence. Our elder abuse attorneys...
Huntington Place Lawsuits Filed
Huntington Place is a skilled nursing facility, owned by Genesis Healthcare, located at 1775 Huntington Lane in Rockledge, FL 32955. Huntington Place is a for profit facility and has 100 beds. The phone number for Huntington Place is (321) 632-7341. Huntington Place Lawsuits Huntington Place has a history of being sued for alleged nursing home abuse. Currently, a Huntington...
Nursing Home Resident Bill of Rights Scrapped
Proposal 88, a proposed revision to Florida’s constitution, would guarantee basic human rights to nursing home residents. Unfortunately, the Constitutional Revision Committee withdrew this Bill of Rights from consideration, despite widespread support for the new legislation. Proposal 88 Would Have Protected Nursing Home Residents Florida has little government or agency punitive action when nursing homes...
Can I get an Incident Report from a Nursing Home in Florida?
Nursing home incident reports are created following significant adverse incidents that occur to residents inside a facility. Patient falls, bad pressure sores, unexplained death and medication mistakes all warrant the completion of an incident report. However, most families get the runaround when they try to obtain an incident report from the nursing home. The facility...
Heartland of Kendall Lawsuits and Inspection Reports
About Heartland of Kendall Heartland of Kendall (which is also known as Heartland Health Care Center – Kendall) is a licensed nursing home located at 9400 SW 137th Avenue, Kendall, FL 33186 in Miami-Dade County. Heartland of Kendall is a for profit nursing home, and the owner and licensee of the facility is Heartland of...
How to get a Florida Death Certificate
Why Do I Need to Get a Florida Death Certificate? When a loved one dies, your world is turned upside down. In this emotional, painful time, it can be difficult to keep up with your life while grieving a loved one’s passing. Basic tasks that would otherwise seem simple can appear to be nearly impossible...
Manor Care of Fort Myers: Prior Lawsuits & State Deficiency Citations
Updated 7-25-2019 Manor Care of Fort Myers is a large, 120 bed nursing home located at 13881 Eagle Ridge Drive Fort Myers, FL 33912. The facility has had its ups and downs in the past. Manor Care Ft. Myers has faced prior citations from the State of Florida and has been sued in civil lawsuits....
Public Hearing on Florida Nursing Home Abuse Legislation Today at Nova in Fort Lauderdale
A public hearing before the Constitution Revision Committee takes place today at Nova in Fort Lauderdale regarding multiple proposed revisions to Florida’s laws. As nursing home abuse lawyers, we are particularly interested in Proposal 88 which would alter Florida’s Nursing Home Residents’ Rights law. Victims of nursing home abuse are planning to show up and...
Finding Prior Nursing Home Lawsuits
How Can I Find Prior Nursing Home Lawsuits? Looking for other civil cases against your nursing home? Searching for lawyers who sued the nursing home you believe to be negligent? Our attorneys explain how to research the dockets of the relevant court to review other lawsuits against your nursing home. (For part I of the...
Nursing Home Inspection Report Research
Part II – Researching Nursing Homes: What Can I Learn From Nursing Home Inspection Reports? Trying to understand prior Department of Health inspection reports of your nursing home? Struggling to make sense of nursing home AHCA survey data? Our Florida nursing home lawyers explain in detail how to analyze this data. (For part I of...
