It is too often that we are contacted by the family of a nursing home resident who was seriously injured after falling out of bed or from a wheelchair while in the nursing home, only to be placed back in… Read More
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Indiana Nursing Home Resident Died With Objects Down His Throat And Up His Rectum
On May 14, 2015, a 72-year-old resident of an Indiana nursing home was found unresponsive in the nursing home dining room and later died at a local hospital. The mentally ill resident was found to have latex gloves shoved down his… Read More
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Resident On Resident Mistreatment In Nursing Homes Affects One In Five Residents
A new study found that one in five nursing home residents (19.8%) had been involved in “mistreatment” between nursing home residents during a four-week period in 10 randomly selected nursing homes (skilled nursing facilities (SNF)) in New York State. The residents identified… Read More
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Nursing Home Rape
On May 7, 2014, a 24-year-old certified nursing assistant (“CNA”) employed at a Massachusetts nursing home was arraigned on four felony counts – two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault, and one count of battery – with regard… Read More
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Arkansas $5.2 Million Nursing Home Verdict May Be Uncollectible
On May 16, 2013, a medical malpractice jury in Faulkner County, Arkansas returned a unanimous verdict against a local nursing home in the amount of $5.2 million after determining that the nursing home had been negligent in its care and treatment of… Read More
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Chicago Nursing Home Verdict
On March 20, 2013, a Cook County jury returned its verdict in the amount of $842,801 in favor of an 87-year-old resident of the Kenwood Healthcare Center in Chicago who had fallen at the nursing home on December 26, 2008 and suffered… Read More
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Tennessee-Based Nursing Home Company To Pay $2.7 Million To Settle False Claims Allegations
On March 8, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the Tennessee-based nursing home manager Grace Healthcare LLC and its affiliate Grace Ancillary Services LLC (“Grace”) had agreed on March 4, 2013 to pay $2.7 million, plus interest, to settle the allegations contained in a… Read More
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Minnesota Assisted Living Facility Cited For Failing To Seek Medical Care For Resident Who Fell
A Minnesota assisted-living facility has been cited by the Minnesota Health Department for neglect involving of one of its residents who injured her head as a result of a fall for which the assisted-living facility failed to timely seek medical attention. The resident… Read More
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Tennessee Nursing Home Fined $239,972 In 2012 For Serious Violations
A Nashville, Tennessee nursing home was cited for various violations of state and federal regulations that allegedly placed residents in immediate jeopardy of harm. One of the fines was in the amount of $231,972 that was imposed on May 12, 2012 after… Read More
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Medication Mistake Leads To Illinois Medical Malpractice Claim
On January 2, 2013, a medical malpractice claim was filed in Illinois against a nursing home in which it is alleged that medication mistakes led to a resident’s death. The medical malpractice lawsuit claims that the wrong dosage of medication… Read More
