Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• 8 Things You Must Do Before Choosing a Nursing Home

  William Eadie | June 09, 2010 11:41 AM | 1 CommentCleveland, OH

  Deciding where you or your loved one will live is always an important decision, but even more so when entering a nursing home or assisted care facility. In working on cases involving nursing home...

• 30 Million Reasons to End Nursing Home Abuse or Neglect

  Mark Bello | May 19, 2010 12:07 PM | 1 CommentVoices

  A Stockton, CA family has been awarded nearly $30 million in a wrongful death nursing home lawsuit. The family’s 79 year old matriarch was suffering from mild dementia when she was moved to...

• Study reports falls in elderly linked to hardened arteries

  Kristina Labanauskas | May 18, 2010 4:00 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  According to some researchers, treating high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol could help prevent some accidents. As aging blood vessels in the brain stiffen, they are less able to...

• California Jury Awards Family of Elder Abuse Victim $30 Million After Tragic Death

  David Mittleman | May 15, 2010 12:43 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Jurors recently determined that a Northern California-based nursing home chain should pay nearly $30 million in damages for the death of a 79-year-old woman who was killed as a result of elder abuse...

• May 2010 Proclaimed Elder Abuse Prevention Month

  Beth Janicek | May 10, 2010 6:13 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Governor Rick Perry has proclaimed May 2010 as Elder Abuse Prevention Month in Texas. In the proclamation he said, “Elder abuse touches all racial, cultural, religious and socioeconomic...

• Proposed Reforms on Minimum Staffing Levels at Nursing Homes

  Beth Janicek | April 21, 2010 12:19 PM | 0 CommentsBrownsville , TX

  Pat Quinn, the Governor of Illinois, is proposing reforms that would raise the minimum staffing levels at nursing homes. There have been several studies that have shown that more nursing hours from...

• Nursing Home Chain Involved in a Staffing Class Action Lawsuit

  Beth Janicek | April 20, 2010 2:22 PM | 0 CommentsBrownsville , TX

  Skilled Healthcare Group Inc., the 10th largest nursing home chain in 2009, is involved in a class-action lawsuit currently unfolding in California, which claims that they have put elderly...

• Pressure Wounds or Ulcers - One Good Turn Deserves Another

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | April 09, 2010 1:23 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Nursing homes for elderly or infirm loved ones are an unfortunate, but sometimes necessary, reality. Many family's come to discover that as their loved ones age, they require care that their family...

• Clinton nursing home cited by state

  Barry Doyle | April 09, 2010 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A nursing home in Clinton has recently been cited, and had its director removed, after an inspection by the Illinois Department of Public Health. According to Pantagraph.com, Manor Court of...

• Major California Nursing Home Chain Overbilled Medicare $100 Million by “Upcoding” Patients

  Beth Janicek | April 03, 2010 2:23 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  North American Health Care (NAHC), a major California Nursing Home chain, allegedly falsified records and overbilled Medicare by $100 million. According to court documents, NAHC employees have been...