Tag Archives: Florida Nursing Home Abuse Attorney
Corporate Nursing Homes And Chain LLC’s: A Legacy Of Malpractice
Nursing homes are where our mothers, fathers, and grandparents go to convalesce after a major medical event or a life-saving surgery, or when they are no longer able to take care of themselves. But more often, they’re in the news due to widespread neglect and abuse of America’s most vulnerable patients. It seems almost… Read More »
Would Nursing Home Cams Curb Instances Of Elder Abuse?
News reports from the summer of 2017 brought to light a number of instances of nursing home abuse. These included one instance of a nurse physically assaulting a memory care patient. The patient’s daughter, who had become concerned that the staff of the facility was treating her father abusively, caught the entire episode on… Read More »
Unreported Incidents Of Nursing Home Abuse And Neglect Run Rampant In The U.S.
A disturbingly high percentage of cases involving physical abuse and sexual abuse at nursing homes are going unreported, according to the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services. If that was not bad enough, the audit revealed that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had “inadequate” procedures for ensuring that… Read More »
Florida Nursing Home Deaths
When I hear about the preventable death of a vulnerable elderly resident at a nursing home I am angered and frustrated but to hear about the deaths of eight vulnerable elderly because of negligence at a nursing home is unfathomable. According to CNN eight residents, aged 71 – 99 died at the Rehabilitation Center… Read More »