Accountability and Legal Considerations: Understanding Nursing Home Responsibilities in Case of Harm Introduction Dealing with the loss or harm of a loved one in a nursing home is an emotionally devastating experience. While the focus should primarily be on coping with the situation, questions may arise regarding the legal responsibility of the nursing home in...
Transforming Nursing Home Care: Steps Towards Positive Change Improving our nursing home care should be a top priority. Americans are getting older, and living longer. Many of us joke, ‘I’d rather die than live in a nursing home’, yet more than half of Americans living today will spend at least some time in a nursing...
How Can a Nursing Home Stop a Patient from Rolling out of Bed? Nursing homes have a legal duty to implement fall prevention techniques in fall risk residents. So how can a nursing home stop a patient from rolling out of bed? Sadly, nursing home falls from bed are the most common form of falls...
Pressure Ulcer vs. Diabetic Ulcer In a nursing home context, residents are often subject to wounds and injuries that are not typical of younger folks. This is often a result of a variety of factors, such as older age, less mobility, and even the potential for nursing home abuse and neglect. One of the most...
Pressure Ulcers vs. Kennedy Ulcers Bed sores are inexcusable. If your loved one developed a bed sore in a nursing home or assisted living facility, click to learn more from our bed sore attorneys. As bodies age, they become more susceptible to a number of medical conditions—especially on the skin, which becomes thinner and more...
Lost Hearing Aids in a Nursing Home Adds Insult to Injury As people age, one of the first senses that may start to diminish is hearing. Hearing loss is common among the elderly population, and while it levels off for some individuals who are able to continue their lives without hearing assistance, others find themselves...
Nursing Home Quarantine Indicates a Life Threatening Infection Nursing homes commonly use isolation or quarantine methods when your loved one suffers from a potentially lethal infection, or, if the entire facility is exposed to a contagious disease or infection. This is because a nursing home must follow strict infection control policies or else face a...
Nursing Home Abuse Captured on Film Leads to a $1.2 Million Jury Verdict in Favor of Victim They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but in the case of Eryetha Mayberry of Oklahoma City, a video clip was worth a staggering 1.2 million dollars. In our opinion, as nursing home attorneys, this victim...
Nursing home negligence lawsuits are about far more than just money. Cases are brought against negligent nursing homes and assisted living facilities to expose elder abuse and neglect. Most of the time, the victim is unable to speak the truth. Therefore, it is incumbent on you, the surviving family member, to seek justice for your...
If you or a loved one suffered abuse at a Pennsylvania nursing home or assisted living facility, you may have a case. The only way to find out is to call experienced Pennsylvania nursing home abuse lawyers. At Senior Justice Law Firm, we have decades of experience suing nursing homes and assisted living facility. For a...
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