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April 30th, 2013 JSophy
Advocates for nursing home residents are speaking out against a Florida bill that’s one step closer to becoming a law that largely prevents them from filing a lawsuit against a facility they believe was negligent or permitted abuse. According to The Miami Herald, Florida’s Senate Rules Committee recently voted overwhelmingly in favor of S.B. 1384, [...]
April 5th, 2013 tmccoy
A judge in Virginia sentenced a former elderly caretaker to more than a year in prison last week after the woman entered a no-contest plea on charges that she abused the patient she was enlisted to care for. According to a report in The Virginian-Pilot, Sheila Beard was sent to prison last week by Virginia [...]
January 18th, 2013 tmccoy
by: Justin Varughese, Esq. To explain what a bed sore is it is usually easier to explain how they can develop. If you were to press your finger against your keyboard for 10 seconds and lift it back up, you’d see an imprint and a loss of color in that area. What you’re seeing is [...]
January 9th, 2013 JSophy
The status of Florida’s nursing home system continues to dwindle. The state that was once seen as a haven for the retirement community is now filled with substandard care for those in need of nursing homes or assisted living facilities. According to a report at FlaglerLive.com, there are a total of 140 nursing homes that [...]
December 19th, 2012 JSophy
ProPublica has launched an update to an online database that’s aimed at helping people make better choices on nursing home care for themselves or a loved one. The amount of nursing homes is on the rise and as more open, speculation about their ability to offer competent and beneficial care continues to rise. According to [...]
December 10th, 2012 JSophy
The family of an elderly nursing home resident in suburban Chicago has filed a lawsuit against the it claiming negligence led to maggots growing out of one resident’s ear while she stayed there. According to The Chicago Tribune, the allegedly sub-standard care at Lutheran Home, in the city’s suburbs, led to one resident having maggots [...]
November 9th, 2012 tmccoy
by: Brett Leitner, Esq. No one wants their loved one to be harmed while they are a resident in a nursing home. But constant stories of nursing home abuse seem to be on the rise lately. A nursing home is responsible for not only the health of your loved one, but their entire well being [...]
November 8th, 2012 tmccoy
by: Brett Leitner, Esq. Fall related injuries are extremely common in nursing home facilities. The nursing home must design a safety plan for each resident to set up safety precautions. These precautions will allow each resident to move throughout their rooms and the home without the fear of falling. At the very least, it may [...]
October 14th, 2012 JSophy
A nursing home in Florida has been placed on a national watch list and will be restricted in accepting new patients following numerous reports that it offered negligent and abusive care. According to a report from WFTV-TV in Volusia County, Fla., the Avante at Ormond Beach Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation facility was added to a [...]
October 11th, 2012 JSophy
Regulatory bumbling and an inconsistent means of funding end-of-life care for the elderly covered by Medicare are preventing many people from receiving adequate hospice care before they die. A new study appearing in Archives of Internal Medicine indicates that “1 in 11 elders died while enrolled in the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) benefit” program through [...]
