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Connecticut Nursing Home Has 91-Year-Old Man Arrested For Trying To Kiss His Resident Wife

December 17, 2018

A Connecticut nursing home reportedly had a 91-year-old man arrested at the nursing home after he attempted to kiss his wife in her room. The wife has been at the nursing home for one and a half years. The Connecticut police reported that they have been called to the Connecticut nursing home 26 time[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Refuses To Compel Arbitration In Nursing Home Death Case

October 22, 2018

The Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on October 5, 2018 that the daughter of a resident of the defendant nursing home did not have the authority to bind her father to the arbitration agreement contained in the nursing home admission documents, [...]

Pennsylvania House Of Representatives Rejects Proposal To Limit Punitive Damages Against Nursing Homes

August 31, 2018

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted 103 to 91 in late June against a proposal that would have limited punitive damages verdicts against Pennsylvania nursing homes to 250% of the compensatory damages awarded, by applying the cap contained in the Pennsylvania Medical Care Availability and [...]

New Federal Data Shows Nursing Homes Had Less Staffing Than They Self-Reported

August 11, 2018

The New York Times reported on July 7, 2018, “Most nursing homes had fewer nurses and caretaking staff than they had reported to the government for years, according to new federal data, bolstering the long-held suspicions of many families that staffing levels were often inadequate.” The [...]

More Than 150 Nova Scotia Nursing Home Residents Have Severe Pressure Ulcers

July 27, 2018

The Nova Scotia Canada Department of Health and Wellness announced in a press release on June 21, 2018 the specific actions to be taken to address more serious pressure injuries in the province’s long-term care facilities, where 152 stage three and four (most severe) pressure injuries were identif[...]

98-Year-Old Florida Nursing Home Resident Died After Being Left Outside In The Sun

June 11, 2018

A 98-year-old Florida nursing home resident who was outside in the hot sun for an unknown period of time on May 27, 2018 was found unresponsive with a temperature of 103.2 degrees. She died two weeks later in the hospital from hyperthermia caused by exposure to the sun. An investigation by the Flori[...]

$7.5M Pennsylvania Nursing Home Sexual Assault Verdict

May 24, 2018

A Pennsylvania nursing home sexual assault jury returned its verdict against a Pennsylvania nursing home in the amount of $7.5 million in compensatory damages after four hours of jury deliberations following a nearly two-week trial. The May 3, 2018 verdict assigned 85% responsibility to the defendan[...]

3 Ohio Nursing Home Aides Indicted For Resident’s Death

May 21, 2018

Earlier this month, an Ohio grand jury indicted three nursing home aides in connection with the death of an elderly resident who wandered off from the nursing home where the aides worked. Four employees of the nursing home were terminated after the incident. The 76-year-old nursing home resident had[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms Nursing Home Resident’s Negligence Claim Not Subject To Arbitration

April 12, 2018

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) held in its March 29, 2018 Memorandum opinion that “we find no error in the trial court’s finding that there was no agency, and hence, no binding agreement to arbitrate [the plaintiff’s nursing home neglige[...]

California Appellate Court Refuses To Enforce Arbitration Of Nursing Home Claims

March 18, 2018

In its decision filed on February 26, 2018, the Court of Appeal of the State of California Fourth Appellate District Division Three (“California Appellate Court”) affirmed the order of the trial court that denied the defendant nursing home’s petition to compel arbitration as to the[...]

Maryland’s Highest Court Rules Attorney General Can Seek Injunction Against Maryland Nursing Home Operator For Violations Of Patient’s Bill of Rights

March 6, 2018

In its written opinion filed on February 21, 2018, the Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”), which is Maryland’s highest appellate court, held that Maryland’s Patient’s Bill of Rights permits the Attorney General to seek injunctive relief on behalf of m[...]

Study Shows Nursing Home Residents Suffer Infections While Their Caregivers Often Escape Responsibility

January 2, 2018

A study conducted by the Kaiser Health News, which is a nonprofit news service focused on health issues that is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente, found that 74% of nursing homes in the United States have been cited for lapses in infection control, yet only one in 75 nursing homes that were foun[...]

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