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Nursing Home Sexual Abuse
Nursing Home Workers Charged by Attorney General
Oct 8, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Four nursing home workers caught on tape mistreating a patient were charged yesterday with falsifying records and endangering a resident at a...
Majority of Nursing Homes Cited For Safety and Health Violations
Sep 30, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Nursing home abuse and neglect continues to be a serious problem in the U.S. According to a new report conducted by the inspector general of...
Study: Over 10 Percent Of Older Americans Suffer Abuse
Aug 20, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
A new University of Chicago study—the first such comprehensive review of elder mistreatment in the United States—has found that...
Shameful Conditions Continue in Adult Homes
Aug 19, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
We have long been reporting on the horrendous conditions in some of this country’s nursing homes as well as some of the abuses suffered by...
Laws Still Not in Place to Protect Nursing Home Residents from Sexual Assaults
Jul 23, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
A 58-time sexual offender was placed in a Florida nursing home in 2002 at the order of a district court judge. Ivy Edwards, 83, sexually...
Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act Approved
Jul 17, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial Law and Administrative Law just approved the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008, moving...
Elder Abuse by In-Home Aids a Growing Problem
Jul 16, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Elderly people who want to avoid nursing homes often employ in-home aids to help meet their day-to-day needs. However, in many cases, the...
Aggression Among Nursing Home Residents Not That Uncommon
Jul 9, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
A recent Cornell University study reports aggression among nursing home residents—verbal and physical abuse--is more common than once...
Nursing Home Ratings System to be Online By Year's End
Jun 19, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
A new nursing home rating system should be up and running on the Medicare Website by the end of this year. The new site will employ a 5-star...
Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements Unfair to Residents
Jun 18, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Nursing home abuse and neglect has reached epidemic levels. Unfortunately, many nursing home patients and their family are signing away one of...
Nursing Home Negligence
