Category: Nursing Home Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER What Are Bedsores? Causes And Symptoms Recourse For Abuse Or Neglect Bedsores, also known as decubitus ulcers or pressure sores, occur when the skin’s blood flow is cut off.  Older people (such as those living in nursing homes) are at a higher risk of bedsores as many of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Hospice Patient Rights Examples Of Neglect Of Hospice Patients Checking The Track Record Of Hospice Agencies  Medicare patients who elect hospice care are an especially vulnerable population. They have the right to be free from abuse, neglect, mistreatment, and misappropriation of patient property. When hospices cause harm or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cash, Checks And Credit Cards Stolen From Assisted Care Patients Aide Had Two Prior Convictions For Financial Elder Abuse Total Theft Estimated At $18,000 While families of nursing home residents are aware of the dangers of neglect, abandonment or physical abuse that institutionalized elders face, there is also […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Three Reported Incidents Residents Unable To Protect Themselves 1000 Nursing Homes Cited For Sexual Abuse In Last 3 Years The unthinkable is happening at skilled nursing facilities throughout the country: Vulnerable seniors are being raped and sexually abused by the very people paid to care for them.  Some […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Neglect And Reckless Care Of Hospice Patient Infections And Untreated Injuries Lead To Death Patient Succumbs To Sepsis and Gangrene Elder abuse is not confined to assisted living facilities and nursing homes or abuse and neglect by in-home caregivers. Hospice programs throughout California and the U.S. have also […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Chain Potentially Liable Under False Claims Act Allegations of Ten Years Of False Claims Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987 And False Claims Liability  The primary anti-fraud enforcement statute against companies who defraud the government  is the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understaffing Leads To Neglect And Lack Of Monitoring  Dementia And Bedridden Patients At Greatest Risk Family Recourse For Loved Ones’ Injuries Nearly two million Americans live in long-term care facilities, and abuse and neglect against the elderly are national concerns. Federal nursing home regulations state that “the resident […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Arrests Nursing Home Business Officer And Aide  Access To Resident Financial Accounts Pair Allegedly Stole From 11 Residents All too frequently we read news stories of nursing home residents suffering from physical or sexual abuse, neglect or abandonment. Often the abuse and neglect result in death of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cases Of Nursing Home Abuse And Neglect Are Spiking  Understaffing, Lack Of Training And Lack Of Proper Supervision Dementia Sufferers Particularly Vulnerable The COVID-19 pandemic struck seniors terribly throughout California especially those in nursing homes, with over 9000 nursing home patient deaths attributable to the coronavirus in California […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Charges Of Illegal Restraint Of Elderly Residents Four CNAs Sentenced For Elder Abuse Spotting Abuse Of Loved Ones Sadly, elderly nursing home residents are vulnerable to abuse and neglect in nursing home and care facilities, the very places they enter to be cared for when they can no […]