- Bruce Bierhans | February 26, 2011 8:32 AM | Eastern Massachusetts, MA
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Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
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...
- Bruce Bierhans | February 26, 2011 8:30 AM | Cape Cod, MA
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Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
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...
- Chrissie Cole | March 09, 2010 11:23 AM | Eastern Massachusetts, MA
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Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
Powerful antipsychotic drugs, used for treating mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, are also often used by doctors to treat patients with dementia. These types of drugs put the patient at...
- Bruce Bierhans | December 11, 2009 1:59 PM | Eastern Massachusetts, MA
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Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
A Superior Court judge in Springfield, Ma has recently ruled that a widow could be responsible for her deceased husband's nursing home bills...and that her home, in which the husband never had an...
- Bruce Bierhans | March 21, 2009 6:36 PM | Eastern Massachusetts, MA
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Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
CAUTION: TRUE STORY AHEAD! In 2003, a mother and father in Stoughton conveyed their modest home to their two sons and retained a life estate (a right to live in the home until their deaths). The...
- Bruce Bierhans | December 04, 2008 2:24 PM | Cape Cod, MA
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Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
We are seeing an increase in calls from individuals complaining about the care and treatment received by family members in nursing homes.
We are hearing horror stories about bedsores, falls, broken...
- Bruce Bierhans | December 04, 2008 2:22 PM | Eastern Massachusetts, MA
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Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
We are seeing an increase in calls from individuals complaining about the care and treatment received by family members in nursing homes.
We are hearing horror stories about bedsores, falls, broken...
- Carrie Strasser | September 30, 2008 8:34 AM | Cape Cod, MA
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Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
In a report issued today, federal investigators stated that 94% of nursing homes were cited for health and safety violations last year with problems ranging from infected bedsores and medication...