Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Nursing Home Settlements

  Lauren Ellerman | November 19, 2007 10:29 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Pressure Ulcer case in Tennessee - $4 million for family of deceased resident (Stage IV ulcer)Nursing home staff fails to take blood tests to regulate Coumadin (I just wrote about this issue) - death results, $500,000Elopement case - woman allowed to leave facility, injured $$$ verdictAwful things happen every day in these facilities - please be careful when admitting a loved one!For more...

• Congress To Take a Close Look at Nursing Homes

  Dan Frith | November 14, 2007 5:41 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Corporate owners of America's nursing homes are in for some strict scrutiny by Congress! It's about time! It's about time America stopped the abuse and neglect so widespread in our long term care facilities. Starting tomorrow, Congressional hearings in both the Senate and the House will feature presentations sure to widely criticize the state of affairs in nursing homes."It's been far too...

• Jury Awards $3 Million for Nursing Home Negligence

  Randy Walton | November 05, 2007 11:58 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  The owner of two nursing homes was ordered by a jury to pay more than $3 million to the estate of a former resident who developed bedsores on his body while a patient at the two nursing facilities. The resident died in 2004.According to reports, the nursing home the verdict stems from a lawsuit alleging that the nursing staff at Barry Manor and White Oak Manor nursing homes were negligent, and...

• More Profits, Less Nursing Care in U.S. Nursing Homes

  Randy Walton | September 24, 2007 3:35 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  For years now, we have heard the story from nursing home owners that they are barely getting by, and the lawsuits against them for negligent care are going to drive them out of business, leaving no place to put seniors. We always reject this argument as a time-honored trick by tortfeasors to try to portray themselves as victims after causing harm to others. A New York Times article this weekend...

• 5 WAYS TO INVESTIGATE A NURSING HOME BEFORE ADMITTING A FAMILY MEMBER

  Dan Frith | September 19, 2007 4:28 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  We represent a lot of families who wish they had more information about the nursing home before they placed their mother or father at the facility. Before their father became malnourshed and dehydrated...before their mother or sister suffered repeated falls and the resulting broken hip...before those horrible decubitus ulcers got started!Well, here is a quick look at 5 things you should do...

• Elders More Vulnerable To "Poisonous" Drug Cocktails

  Scott Barber | September 18, 2007 7:07 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  A recent New York Times article reports that elderly patients are much more vulnerable to "poisonous" drug cocktails. Elderly persons, those over the age of 65, are more likely to be taking multiple medications for multiple conditions which have been prescribed by multiple physicians. This can result in elders receiving medications which should not be prescribed together. This can even occur...

• Malnutrition, Bedsores, and Dehydration Result in Jury Verdict in Arkansas

  Dan Frith | September 18, 2007 10:44 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Herman Johnson needed good medical care and he didn't get it at the Beverly Enterprises owned facility located in Camden, Arkansas. Mr. Johnson was admitted to the facilty in March of 2005 and, less than 60 days later, was found unresponsive in his wheelchair suffering from bedsores, malnutrition, and dehydration. I don't call this good medical care!Johnson's family filed a lawsuit against...

• Nursing Home Assistant Accused of Sexually Assaulting 85-Year-Old Patient

  Chrissie Cole | September 13, 2007 12:25 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  On Thursday, a certified nursing home assistant was ordered to stand trial in a nursing home abuse case that alleges he molested an 85-year-old patient that resides at the long-term care facility.The alleged attack occurred on July 1 at Joseph Villa, in Salt Lake City. His charges include Class A misdemeanor lewdness, first-degree felony rape and second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse....

• Arbitration Agreements Are on The Rise

  Rob McKinney | September 03, 2007 12:56 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Arbitration Agreements are the subject of much debate . They are commonly used in nursing home admissions contracts . When you sign the contract , you agree to arbitration if you later have a claim due to nursing home neglect or injuries that occur at the nursing home . Now these agreements are popping up everywhere . Recently my wife needed a new car . Inside the office...

• Arbitration Clauses in Nursing Home Cases(2)

  Rob McKinney | July 25, 2007 4:06 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Winston Churchill once said " The greatest gift the English people gave America was the right to a trial by jury ". Nursing home operators do not believe in this fundamental right . Nursing homes have been placing arbitration clauses in their contracts which prevents one from suing the nursing home if they are negligent . These arbitration clauses prevent the nursing homes...