Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Antipsychotic Drugs Are Being Misused by Nursing Homes

  Shayna Slater | August 15, 2011 10:42 AM | 2 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  How should a nursing home care for a difficult patient or a patient suffering from dementia? Well, the answer for some nursing homes is apparently to sedate them. According to a report by Consumer...

• Nursing Home Neglect: An Under-Report Crime

  Shayna Slater | August 09, 2011 1:36 PM | 2 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  Nursing home abuse has unfortunately become an increasingly prevalent topic in recent years. However, nursing home neglect, which is more common and less talked about, can also cause...

• Nanny Cameras Are Aiding Victims Of Nursing Home Abuse

  Shayna Slater | August 04, 2011 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  Nanny cameras have been used for years to monitor a caregiver’s interaction with children while their parents are away. They are often disguised as common items such as a clock, lamp or...

• How Dangerous is Your Bathroom?

  Mike Bryant | July 26, 2011 9:28 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  A recent study suggests that millions of Americans age 15 or older have been injured in bathroom accidents costing approximately $67.3 billion in lifetime medical costs, a large majority of which...

• Alzheimer’s & Dementia Patients: Are They at Higher Risk for Abuse?

  Shayna Slater | July 21, 2011 4:00 PM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  The simple answer is yes. There are an estimated 5.4 million people who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. See http://www.alz.org/downloads/Facts_Figures_2011.pdf A large majority of these...

• West Va. Supreme Court Supports Jury Trials in Many Arbitration Cases

  Andrew Cochran | July 08, 2011 4:37 PM | 1 CommentVoices

  Congress did not intend for arbitration agreements, adopted prior to an occurrence of negligence that results in a personal injury or wrongful death, and which require questions about the...

• Philadelphia Nursing Homes Acquired by Maryland Company

  Shayna Slater | July 07, 2011 10:47 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  Five nursing homes in Philadelphia have been acquired by a Baltimore-based company, Mid-Atlantic Health Care, LLC, on July 1, 2011 in a $75 million dollar deal. The facilities affected include...

• Profits Over Patients: The Problem of Understaffing in Nursing Homes

  Shayna Slater | June 28, 2011 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  For profit nursing homes are exactly that: run for a profit. It’s a business and the bottom line matters. As much as we would like to believe that nursing homes strive to provide quality...

• HBO Documentary Debunks Tort Reform Myths

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | June 27, 2011 3:13 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Most people have heard about the infamous McDonald’s hot coffee personal injury case. Many tort reform advocates point to that case as an example of a “frivolous” lawsuit and...

• World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

  Shayna Slater | June 20, 2011 4:45 PM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  June 15, 2011 marked the 6th annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. This day was launched by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and the World Health Organization at the...