I’m Wendy York from the York Law Firm in Sacramento. Residents of nursing homes are often sent to a hospital with Stage 4 pressure sores or hyponatremia caused by dehydration, but such cases are often not reported as abuse. The law in California states that doctors...
There are times when I’m sitting across the table from a defendant’s attorney where I must remind myself that there really are two sides to every argument. When bad things happen to patients in nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities that look black and white to...
I’m Wendy York from the York Law Firm in Sacramento. Here’s a common situation: When you or your loved one were admitted to a nursing home or skilled nursing facility, you were probably given a stack of papers to sign. I’ve seen some cases where clients had to sign...
I’m Wendy York from the York Law Firm in Sacramento. You might have been in a skilled nursing or rehab facility and seen a resident with a hand curled up or an arm contorted into the side of their body. These seniors have what are known as “contractures” which are the...
During the past five years, our firm has noticed a dramatic increase in the number of cases when people come to us facing a potential case of elder abuse or neglect against a nursing home or skilled nursing facility who unwittingly signed a forced arbitration...
Protecting Our Elderly During the COVID-19 EpidemicOur senior citizens are rapidly being isolated and quarantined in skilled nursing facilities or assisted living residences waiting to see if and when the COVID-19 virus will strike. Many such facilities, already...
I’m Wendy York from the York Law Firm in Sacramento. I recently received a call from a family in Southern California whose mother was being discharged from the hospital and needed to be placed into a skilled nursing facility. The problem was that she had a diagnosis...
Fight Back Against Nursing Home Abuse In my experience, there are two different kinds of defense lawyers we routinely come across in our work as plaintiffs’ attorneys. There are the “Janitor Defense Lawyers” and then there are the “Cover-Up Defense Lawyers.” The...
Under-staffing equals Neglect – A form of Elder Abuse The defense attorney gave me a look as if to say I was crazy. “Wendy,” he said, “How is a caregiver who just dropped your patient and suffered a hip fracture – how is that neglect?” Well, I told him. It’s not just...
Under-staffing in Living Facility is causing Resident Abuse The stories of elder abuse and neglect that come to me from all over California are always heartbreaking and tragic. We regularly see egregious examples of elderly patients in facilities who have suffered...