Nursing Home Neglect: When to Get An Attorney Elder abuse can come in many forms: neglect, improper dispensing of medications, improper use of restraints or power, causation of emotional distress, or failure to provide care in a timely manner. The signs of elder abuse can be obvious or subtle and some find the idea of broaching the topic of possible…
Judge Pleads Guilty to Bribery – Nursing Home Negligence Verdict Judge Michael Maggio Pleads Guilty to federal charges of accepting bribery to reduce a Nursing Home Negligence Verdict from $5.2 million to $1 million. Judge Maggio had planned to run for an Appellate...
Choosing the Right Nursing Home Facility Choosing a nursing home facility can be an emotional and stressful time. Frequently, we’re asked, how to go about picking a facility for parents and we have several criteria that we think are important. 1. The first is picking out the facility near your work or your home, so can visit your mom or dad frequently. The transition period…
Signs of Nursing Home Abuse The most common signs of neglect and abuse in a nursing home include bed sores, dehydration, big weight loss, multiple fractures, bruises. But one of the most common signs that we see most frequently is when you go in to visit your loved one and your loved one seems like he or she is drugged up,…
Nursing Home Neglect Cases The nursing home industry is big business and they’re putting profit over people. We’re seeing it in several forms. One is understaffing. They don’t have sufficient staff to give care to our loved ones. Or their staff don’t have the proper training or education to understand their medical conditions. But most importantly, the most disturbing trend…
Nursing Home Chain Has Agreed to Settle for $38 Million with the DOJ Nursing Home Chain Has Agreed to Settle for $38 Million with the DOJ – One of the largest nursing home chains, Extendicare Health Services, has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice...
Lack of Leadership in Nursing Homes Affects Quality of Care A team of researchers from the University of Maryland and University Red Cross College of Nursing found that high turnover in leadership positions in Nursing Homes was more than twice as likely to be found to...
What is a Skilled Nursing Facility and Who Regulates Them? What is a Skilled Nursing Facility and Who Regulates Them? – Skilled Nursing Facility are suitable for residents that require 24 hour a day care and often are moderately or fully unable to care for themselves, either due to an acute condition (e.g., recovering from hip surgery) or a chronic…
What is Hospice and Should My Loved One Be Placed On Hospice? What is Hospice and Should My Loved One be placed on Hospice? – Hospice care is not considered a type of treatment for sick patients, but rather a plan of care for terminally ill or dying patients who are assessed as having six months or less to live.…
Sub-acute facilities are a relatively recent trend and are beginning to appear more and more. Why? It is simple: money. Recent reimbursement rates changes from Medicare make it such that a nursing home can get higher reimbursement rates for a resident that needs more specialized care (such as tracheotomy care, intravenous tube feeding and complex wound management). Sub-acute care as…