Recent Posts in Nursing Home/Elder Abuse & Neglect Category
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Posted on Nov 6, 2012
After learning that an Alzheimer's patient's death, after a fall in a four-star nursing home was reported days after the fact, the state is seeking disciplinary action against the ...
Posted on Aug 8, 2012
As a Morristown personal injury law firm, The Bowlin Law Firm has taken the next step in bringing their services to the injured and the families of those who have lost their lives due to the ...
Posted on Mar 21, 2012
As reported by the Chicago Sun Times, and other media, the widow has filed a lawsuit alleging that a nursing home was negligent in protecting her husband, A.C., 80, from an assault that resulted in ...
Posted on Mar 17, 2012
Do you have a loved one in a nursing home? If so, you should be aware that nursing home abuse does exist and what signs to look for. Due to varying definitions of nursing home neglect and abuse, ...
Posted on Feb 13, 2012
An elderly San Francisco man, also a dementia patient, that succumbed to the elements after being stranded in the wrong location by a transit agency, is at the center of a wrongful death suit filed ...
Posted on Feb 11, 2012
Nursing home negligence and abuse is not a myth. A family of one man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a nursing home that failed to notify medical staff that he had fallen into a coma. The ...
Posted on Sep 6, 2011
An appeals court is allowing a man to pursue a lawsuit against a nursing home because the facility cannot rely on papers that he signed, on his mother's behalf, while she was competent, as reported by ...
Posted on Jul 5, 2011
Another case of nursing home abuse is caught on hidden camera, revealing the torture of an elderly Alzheimer's patient in Cleveland. Police were shown footage of the 78-year-old female victim being ...
Posted on May 10, 2011
Many news outlets in Delaware, along with the Delco Times, are reporting that claims of physical abuse from a nursing home patient that suffers from dementia, have proved accurate with the help of ...
Posted on Apr 27, 2011
Another case of nursing home abuse has made its way into the news this week. According to a report issued by local inspectors, the Lauriston Christian Nursing Home on the Green, St Leonards, was ...
Posted on Mar 30, 2011
Though a nursing home in North Bergen has cited a “commitment to safety” to its charges, a family has announced that based on video-surveillance tapes, that they have enough evidence to file a ...
Posted on Mar 10, 2011
Another case of nursing home negligence hits the news circuit this week, this time in Chicago. State officials have started to investigate a nursing home on the North Side of the city, Alden Village ...
Posted on Aug 25, 2010
This week, a woman from Easton who battled for multiple years to hold a nursing home accountable for the death and disfigurement of her stepfather was awarded $400,000 after a jury verdict. ...
Posted on Apr 1, 2010
A family has filed a nursing home complaint after a woman suffered from bedsores that resulted in bone being visible. After an inspection was performed at the nursing home, a hospital saw the woman ...
Posted on Mar 31, 2010
In California, it is reported that the public is becoming increasingly more aware of possible nursing home abuse situations. There are more options in which they can make a complaint, including the ...
Posted on Mar 29, 2010
Somerset Place in the Chicago area has closed down due to nursing home abuse. There was a previous investigation that revealed several cases of violence, abuse and mistreatment of residents. At this ...
Posted on Mar 27, 2010
In Utah, the cases of elder and nursing home abuse are on the rise as money for the Adult Protective Services has been scarce which leads to a lack of protection for seniors. The APS investigates ...
Posted on Mar 25, 2010
A former nursing home employee has been sentenced to jail for four months after hitting a patient around the face with an incontinence pad. The patient was in her bed, unclothed when two employees ...
Posted on Mar 23, 2010
A nursing home aide in Kentucky has pled guilty in a case of abuse and neglect of a former resident. The aide pled guilty to wanton abuse and neglect. Under the terms of the plea agreement, the woman ...
Posted on Mar 21, 2010
A woman fell at a nursing home in Florida. She was eventually hospitalized for her injuries, but this was not done in a timely manner. She later died at the nursing home, six days after she was ...
Posted on Mar 19, 2010
In San Antonio, Texas it seems to be that state investigators are responding slowly to claims of nursing home abuse. There have been more than 2,200 claims of abuse, neglect and bad medical care in ...
Posted on Mar 18, 2010
Villa Campana Health Care Center in Arizona is dealing with two legal issues, both of which allege nursing home abuse. One case is from a woman who found her father in soiled diapers and dirty clothes ...
Posted on Mar 16, 2010
State officials in Iowa have been advised to keep secret two judges’ descriptions of alleged nursing home abuse. The judges were ruling on a case where two supervisors at a nursing home were accused ...
Posted on Mar 14, 2010
Hidden cameras are beginning to play a major role in the investigation of nursing home abuse cases. When families place hidden cameras in their loved one’s room, nursing home abuse can be caught. The ...
Posted on Mar 12, 2010
A woman at a nursing home in Kentucky was being neglected and abused by three aides who worked there. Two women were caught on take taunting and grabbing the woman around the neck. Another aide was ...
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