Learn about mental abuse against the elderly population & how this happens in nursing homes across the country. Call a nursing home neglect lawyer now. Continue Reading »
Nursing Home Negligence
What is Nursing Home-Acquired Pneumonia (NHAP)?
Learn about Nursing Home-Acquired Pneumonia (NHAP) and how an attorney can help you advocate for your elderly loved one. Continue Reading »
The Impact of Racial Disparity on Nursing Home Care
Learn how racial disparity in nursing homes results in poor outcomes and excess death. Get help for your loved one from an attorney today. Continue Reading »
Elder Abuse Statistics
Look at some of the most recent elder abuse statistics. Find out how often abuse takes place in nursing homes and which residents are most affected. Continue Reading »
Types of Nursing Home Abuse
When many people think of nursing home abuse, they immediately think of assault or neglect, but nursing home abuse takes a number of different forms. Victims face physical, emotional sexual, and financial abuse as well as neglect. The signs of abuse as well as the consequences can be different for each type of abuse. Physical Continue Reading »
Wrongful Death In Nursing Homes
In a skilled nursing facility or a nursing home, wrongful death can include cases where attendants give patients the wrong medicine, neglect to feed them, or cause them physical harm that directly leads to death. Wrongful death in these facilities often involves patients being left on their own for days at a time, patients not Continue Reading »
How to File a Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit
If you or a loved one has been injured by nursing home abuse or neglect, you may want to consider a nursing home lawsuit. A lawsuit holds the nursing home accountable, helping to protect future patients. A successful lawsuit also helps you and your family obtain the financial compensation you deserve to cover medical bills, Continue Reading »
Bed Sores
Bed sores, or pressure ulcers, are wounds that appear on the skin when someone has been lying or sitting in one position for long periods of time. Unfortunately, bed sores are not uncommon in many nursing homes, but you don’t necessarily have to accept them as an expected occurrence. Bed sores can be a sign Continue Reading »
How to Report Nursing Home Abuse
Nursing home abuse is sadly not uncommon and can be physical, sexual, psychological, or financial, and can also include neglect. If you or a loved one is a victim of nursing home abuse, you need to report it. Here are some of the options. File a Complaint with Health and Human Services If you are Continue Reading »
Nursing Home Neglect
Nursing home neglect falls under the umbrella of elder abuse. Abuse involves intentional acts against an elderly individual, such as physical, sexual or mental assault. Neglect, on the other hand, is the failure to provide proper care and it can be intentional or negligent. Whether it arises from overworked staff who overlook routines or an Continue Reading »
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