Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Largest Nursing Home Abuse Verdict in History Shocks Industry and Riles Tort Reformers

  David Mittleman | September 02, 2010 10:00 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI

  Humboldt County, CA--Earlier this week, a group of California jurors announced the largest verdict in history against a nursing home accused of abuse. That verdict of $677 million sent shock waves...

• Sizeable Nursing Home Verdict Indictment of Low Standards

  Dottie Perry | August 31, 2010 3:52 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  A recent California jury verdict in a quasi-class action suit against the owner of 22 nursing homes in that state awarded 32,000 plaintiffs a total of $677 million in damages. Skilled Healthcare...

• Florida Jury Awards $114 Million to Family of Nursing Home Abuse Victim

  David Mittleman | August 08, 2010 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Polk County, Florida—a jury recently awarded $114 million to the family of a 76-year-old woman who fell victim to nursing home abuse and subsequently died on July 6, 2003. The verdict...

• Six employees arrested at California nursing home for greasing patients

  Beth Janicek | August 06, 2010 11:00 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  I blog about nursing homes frequently and have seen many stories on elder abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse, but I still am continually surprised at the callousness of other people. Six former...

• Orlando Assisted Living Facility Decides to Call It Quits

  Sandy Grinnell | July 27, 2010 4:12 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  As reported here last November, the assisted living facility Emeritus at Crossing Pointe, owned by Emeritus Properities, had been cited numerous times and had been prevented from admitting any new...

• California Nursing Home Chain Faces $677 Million for Understaffing

  Beth Janicek | July 09, 2010 11:11 AM | 3 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  On Tuesday a jury rendered a verdict in the class-action lawsuit against the Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc, based in Southern California. The lawsuit claimed that the nursing home chain, that...

• Is Abuse at Nursing Homes Properly Investigated?

  Beth Janicek | July 07, 2010 9:50 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Every state has an agency in charge of investigating nursing home abuse and neglect claims. In Texas it is the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (TDADS), which was created to...

• The 7 Most Important Things To Do After a Nursing Home Injury or Fall

  William Eadie | June 25, 2010 11:14 AM | 2 CommentsCleveland, OH

  It’s inevitable: bad things happen. When they happen to a loved one in a nursing home or assisted care facility, you or your client may be left with a lot of questions. Was this...

• How to Pick the Right Nursing Home

  John Demas | June 25, 2010 1:05 AM | 0 CommentsChico, CA

  Making the decision to place a loved one into a nursing home can be a very stressful experience for all parties involved. The last thing you want is to find out that your mother or father has...

• Video: Nurse Dumps Elderly Resident to Floor

  Beth Janicek | June 11, 2010 1:20 PM | 2 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A NYC nurse at the William Benenson Rehabilitation Pavilion in Queens has had criminal charges filed against her by the attorney general for dumping an elderly woman in a wheelchair on the floor....