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New York Times Investigation Found At Least 21% Of Nursing Home Residents Were On Antipsychotic Medications

September 16, 2021

The New York Times reported that the worse a nursing home’s staffing situation, the greater its use of antipsychotic drugs. “That suggests that some homes are using the powerful drugs to subdue patients and avoid having to hire extra staff. (Homes with staffing shortages are also the most li[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Sends Nursing Home Survival Claim To Arbitration

August 23, 2021

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) stated in its non-precedential opinion filed on July 30, 2021 in a nursing home wrongful death case: “there is nothing in the record to indicate the POA Agreement was invalid … Frank thus had express authorit[...]

Federal Appellate Court Reinstates Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit Despite Plaintiff’s Noncompliance With Discovery

June 30, 2021

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) held in its precedential Opinion dated June 15, 2021: “Victor Mondelli sued Berkeley Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (“Berkeley Heights”) and several of its employees for violating th[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement Was Unconscionable

April 29, 2021

In denying a nursing home’s motion to enforce an arbitration against one of its residents, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) stated in its non-precedential Decision field on March 5, 2021: “the Facility offered a classic contract of adhesion [...]

$526K Tennessee Nursing Home Arbitration Award For Resident’s Fall Leading To Death

January 22, 2021

On October 30, 2020, a Tennessee nursing home claim arbitrator awarded $225,000 for the pain and suffering sustained by an 88-year-old nursing home resident who suffered a brain injury and died five days later as a result of a fall in her nursing home room, as well as awarding $1,117.32 for funeral [...]

250 Nursing Home Resident Advocacy Organizations Implore U.S. Senate To Avoid Granting Immunity To Nursing Homes

June 11, 2020

In a letter dated May 28, 2020 addressed to the leaders of the U.S. Senate, 250 organizations throughout the United States that advocate on behalf of the 1.3 million nursing home residents in the United States implored the U.S. Senate “to strongly oppose granting immunity to nursing homes duri[...]

U.S. Department Of Justice Announces National Nursing Home Initiative

June 7, 2020

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on March 3, 2020 the launch of the Department of Justice’s National Nursing Home Initiative, which will coordinate and enhance civil and criminal efforts to pursue nursing homes that provide grossly substandard care to their residents, focusing on some of t[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Nursing Home In Aspiration Death Case

February 6, 2020

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) in its unpublished opinion dated January 15, 2020 upheld summary judgment for the defendant nursing home in a nursing home negligence case out of North Carolina that alleged that the defendant nursing h[...]

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