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… Read More
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Georgia Nursing Home Neglect Lawsuit Alleges Resident Eaten Alive By Scabies
The family of a 93-year-old Georgia nursing home resident alleges in their nursing home neglect lawsuit that the resident was “eaten alive” by scabies over the course of months or years, causing her gruesome and painful death in 2015. The… Read More
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California Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit Alleges Resident Set On Fire While Smoking
A California nursing home negligence lawsuit filed in mid-April 2018 by the father of a 55-year-old mentally impaired resident who is partially paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair alleges that the resident was allowed to smoke in an unsafe manner… Read More
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$5M Paid To U.S. By Texas Nursing Home For Alleged Worthless Nursing Home Services
The U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, announced on October 19, 2017 that Health Services Management Inc. (“HSM”) has paid the United States and the State of Texas $5 million to resolve claims that it… Read More
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Texas Nursing Home Complaints Spike Since Hurricane Harvey
We have experienced a spike in inquiries regarding Texas nursing home complaints since Hurricane Harvey devastated parts of Texas in late August 2017. Many of the heart-wrenching complaints involve not only the conditions nursing home residents are experiencing since Hurricane… Read More
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1 In 5 Nursing Home Residents Experience Resident On Resident Abuse
A study published online in The Annals of Internal Medicine on June 14, 2016 found that the prevalence of resident on resident abuse in nursing homes is in excess of one in five, as determined by a one-month observational prevalence period. Such nursing… Read More
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17 Former Nursing Home Workers Sentenced After Guilty Pleas Arising Out Of Nursing Home Neglect
The last of 17 former Buffalo, New York nursing home workers have been sentenced after pleading guilty to charges arising out of the neglect of a 56-year-old resident who was totally dependent on their care. The felony charges against them… Read More
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Iowa Nursing Home Negligence Case Alleges Resident Treated Like An Animal
When the daughter of a 74-year-old Iowa nursing home resident visited her mother early last month after receiving a telephone call from the nursing home the night before that her mother was restless, screaming, and they did not know what to do, she… Read More
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Grim Statistics For Nursing Home Residents Who Suffer Hip Fractures
In an article appearing in this week’s online edition (June 23, 2014) of JAMA Internal Medicine, it was reported that among the Medicare population studied who suffered a hip fracture, 13% died within three months, 24% died within twelve months,… 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
