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Nursing Home Abuse Law Could Stiffen Penalties, Change Rules Regarding Private Equity Firms
Nov 16, 2007 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Nursing home abuse is finally getting some attention from Congress, where two separate hearings were held yesterday to discuss the...
Nursing Home Neglect of Eye Care Erodes Quality of Life, Leave Residents at Risk of Depression
Nov 13, 2007 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Nursing home neglect often includes a lack of vision care for nursing home residents, a recent study has found. Unfortunately, this problem can...
Nursing Home Abuse Bill Sits in Congress, as Elder Abuse Reaches Epidemic Proportions
Nov 1, 2007 | Laurie Villanueva
A nursing home abuse bill, the Elder Justice Act, has been under consideration in Congress for the past five years but has received scant attention...
Nursing Home Abuse at Privately-Held Facilities Should be Investigated, Say Senators Clinton and Grassley
Oct 3, 2007 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
To US Senators want to know if nursing home abuse and neglect are more prevalent in facilities owned by private Wall Street equity firms, and they...
Nursing Home Abuse, Neglect More Common in Facilities Owned by Private Investment Firms
Sep 24, 2007 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Nursing homes are big business, and some private Wall Street investment firms have taken notice. In recent years, large groups have been...
Nursing Home Abuse and Elder Abuse Screening Programs Should be Routine In Hospitals
Sep 5, 2007 | Parker Waichman Alonso, LLP
Nursing home abuse and elder abuse are among some of the most-under reported crimes, but a new study offers hope that more cases could be...
Nursing Home Abuse: Neglect, Physical and Even Sexual Abuse are the Harsh Realities Facing Today's Elderly
Jun 21, 2007 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
The revolting reality of Nursing Home Abuse is on the rise. Though it concedes that the true number is probably much higher, The National...
Many Nursing Home Residents Fail to Receive Adequate Pain Control Due to Deficiencies in Medication Prescribing Practices Study
Mar 5, 2006 | Newsinferno News Staff
A new study conducted by an interdisciplinary team of researchers, and published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, has found that...
Jury awards $160 million in nursing home suit
Feb 23, 2006 | www.mysanantonio.com
After hearing claims that a nursing home knowingly paired a frail 81-year-old man with a violent, mentally ill roommate who viciously pummeled him, a...
Texas Jury Returns $160 Million Verdict for Vicious Beating of 81-Year-Old Nursing Home Resident by Violent Roommate
Feb 23, 2006 | Newsinferno News Staff
Although the award will likely be substantially reduced by the trial judge or a Texas appellate court, a San Antonio jury has returned a verdict $160...
Nursing Home Negligence
