Nursing Home Abuse

Trump Administration Simplifies Nursing Home Comparison Tools In a press release issued by CMS.gov, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency praised the Trump administration for enhancing transparency about nursing home abuse and neglect. The administration announced that it would be making enhancements to the “already robust Nursing Home Compare tool” on the…

Nursing Home Abuse is a National Problem That is Under-Reported Reports released in June 2019 by the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (OIG), indicate that nursing home abuse in the United States remains a problem that is “under-reported.” An article posted by ABC Action News discusses some of…

Nursing Aides Face Criminal Charges For Abuse in New Jersey Care Facilities Nursing home abuse and neglect take place at an alarming rate. Abuse of residents in nursing homes occurs in a variety of ways. Abuse is often physical, leaving not only physical injuries but emotional scars as well. It can also be emotional abuse,…

US Senate Holds Hearing to Learn More About Nursing Home Reports of nursing home abuse have become epidemic. Our nation’s government is taking these reports seriously, investigating how to better ensure the safety of those at risk for abuse. A March 6, 2019 article by CNN reporters Jaqueline Howard, Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken highlights…

Your loved one deserves to live out their twilight years in dignity. You put them into a nursing home because neither you nor anyone else in your family could provide them with the care, treatment, and oversight they need. You had every reason to believe that caring, committed and staffed the nursing home and competent…

How Nursing Home Staff Shortages May Affect Your Loved Ones Concern over the abuse and neglect of nursing home residents has led to a startling discovery about a major contributing factor to these incidents. At least 95% of nursing homes are understaffed and that shortage of personnel may be the reason behind incidences of abuse…

Sepsis Infections are Killing Those you love in Nursing Homes Sepsis is caused by a serious infection and can become dangerous if left untreated. Medical attention is necessary as soon as possible after symptoms develop. When warning signs are ignored, the infection can quickly become deadly especially in older adults. A nursing home injury lawyer…

Millions of people make the difficult to decision to put their loved ones in a nursing home. These people trust that their loved ones will be well taken care of. However, nursing home abuse is a common occurrence. If you have a loved one who is in a nursing home, then you will need to…

It’s an emotional and painful decision when we’re faced with placing our parents or another family member in a nursing home. Once you make a decision on a facility, you trust that it’s a secure and friendly place that will provide the degree of care that your family member requires. Sometimes that trust is violated,…

The family of an elderly woman who was sexually assaulted during her time as a resident in a nursing home in Akron, Pennsylvania. was awarded $7.5 million by a Lancaster jury. After four hours of deliberation, the jury founded the Garden Spot Village facility and its parent company were over 85% liable for the sex…