What are the 5 Main Causes of Nursing Home Negligence?

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Nursing home neglect and abuse is unacceptable. When a family endures a tragedy inside a healthcare facility, oftentimes, they question why the event occurred. Was it an honest mistake? Is this just a bad facility? Are the nurses and staff ill-intentioned, or just overworked? In this post, our nursing home attorneys address the five main...

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Sharp Rise in Florida Nursing Home Health and Safety Violations in Past Five Years

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Florida nursing home abuse incidents are on the rise in the past 3 years.

Health and Safety Violations Are Rapidly Increasing in Florida Facilities Since 2019, The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) has recorded staggering numbers of serious health and safety violations in Florida nursing homes. Historically, AHCA has regularly cited neglectful facilities for health and safety violations. This has been going on well before 2019. However, AHCA...

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Elderly Fall Statistics in Senior Living Centers

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Falls in senior living centers are on the rise according to statistics

Statistics Involving Falls in Senior Living Facilities Getting older comes with its fair share of mobility problems, and many people assume that falling down is one of them. However, falls are not a guaranteed part of growing old, especially in nursing homes and assisted living centers. In fact, such facilities have a responsibility to prevent...

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When Private Equity Firms Buy Nursing Homes, Residents Die

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P.E. Capital Buying Nursing Home Chains

Profits Before People Attitude Kills Nursing Home Residents Over the past 20 years, we have seen a surge of private equity groups purchasing distressed nursing home chains. These PE acquisition teams swarm around larger nursing home corporations, acquire debt which is attributed to the nursing home corporation, then starve the facilities of staff or run...

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Nursing Home Negligence and Understaffing Surge in 2020

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Lack of nursing home staff leads to wrongful death

2020 was a challenging year in a number of ways. Sadly, seniors living in long term care facilities fared poorly due to corporate mismanagement. Multiple studies have emerged indicating that nursing homes continue to struggle to keep residents safe. Due to coronavirus, dozens of investigations into long-term care facilities’ handling of the COVID-19 pandemic have...

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Augusta GA Nursing Home Abuse a ‘Rampant’ Problem

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Top Augusta GA Nursing Home Neglect Attorneys

The August Free Press recently reported that nursing home abuse and neglect is rampant throughout the Augusta, GA area. Augusta nursing homes and assisted living facilities commit negligence when they ignore a patient’s needs. When this neglect occurs, terrible injuries occur, like pressure ulcers and falls. Our Augusta nursing home abuse attorney explains. Spotting Augusta,...

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OIG Report: Incidents of Nursing Home Neglect Are Not Investigated

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Nursing Home Negligence

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...

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Elder Abuse Injuries Increase

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Stopping Elder Abuse and Neglect

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...

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