Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Families Faced with Security Challenges for the Elderly in Nursing Homes

  Brett Emison | April 19, 2011 11:21 AM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO

  Older adults and those with aging parents are faced with challenges as the first of the Baby Boomers are hitting 65. This generation has been termed the “pig in the python”, referring to...

• Elder Abuse: What to look for

  John Demas | March 14, 2011 12:32 PM | 0 CommentsChico, CA

  Elder abuse is a problem that all too often doesn’t get the attention that it needs. Estimates indicate that nearly every year approximately 200,000 Californians alone fall victim to elder...

• Shuttered Portsmouth, VA Nursing Home Settles Abuse Claim With Family of Deceased Woman

  Emily Mapp Brannon | March 03, 2011 11:06 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Family members of a mentally disabled woman have received a $150,000 settlement from the Portsmouth, Virginia (VA), group home and assisted living facility at which they alleged the staff abused and...

• Nursing Homes: Falls and fall Prevention

  Bruce Bierhans | February 26, 2011 8:32 AM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA

  I presently represent the family of a woman that died in a Massachusetts nursing home after falling 10 times over a 14 month period. That's right; not a typo; 10 times! In nursing homes, 3 out of 4...

• Nursing Homes: Falls and Fall Prevention

  Bruce Bierhans | February 26, 2011 8:30 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  I presently represent the family of a woman that died in a Massachusetts nursing home after falling 10 times over a 14 month period. That's right; not a typo; 10 times! In nursing homes, 3 out of 4...

• Landmark Tennessee Nursing Home Decision

  Chad Trammell | February 02, 2011 2:32 PM | 0 CommentsTexarkana, AR

  For some years now, the nursing home industry has been abusing the Tennessee Medical Malpractice Act (TMMA) in its application to nursing homes....

• The Danger Of Fire Ants In Nursing Homes, Hospitals And Day Cares

  Billy Cunningham | January 18, 2011 4:39 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The red fire ant is now spread throughout the southern United States. Infestations have been reported in California and New Mexico. It is believed they originally came to the United States in the...

• Depressing Job List May Have Negligence Hints

  Mike Bryant | January 14, 2011 9:55 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  I've written before about my interest in the underlying reason for why people do things that cause harm. Why do usually good drivers suddenly drive through stop signs? How does a person suddenly...

• Bedsore and Pressure Sore Prevention Tips

  Chad Trammell | December 14, 2010 11:15 PM | 0 CommentsTexarkana, AR

  Bedsores Can Be Prevented People that are bedridden or in a wheelchair should not have to suffer from bedsores. That is because bedsores are very preventable and any time a person is suffering from...

• 94 Year Olds Don't Belong In Freezers

  Mike Bryant | December 14, 2010 7:57 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  It seems pretty safe that when 94 year old Mollye Fisher went to live at a nursing home in California that the freezer wasn't expected to be a place for her to be. But, despite that logic the...