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May 16th, 2012 tmccoy
by: Brett Leitner, Esq.
Nothing is more disturbing than a loved one getting hurt and you don’t know why. Maybe you have a parent or another loved one who has been hurt at a nursing home and the staff can’t explain why.
The number of unexplained fractures in nursing homes is alarming. Facilities say that they [...]
May 15th, 2012 tmccoy
by: Brett Leitner, Esq.
When placing someone in a nursing home, it is a difficult and often heartbreaking decision. You want to make sure that your loved one is in the best place possible to ensure their safety and good health.
It’s even more disturbing as cases of nursing home abuse seem to be brought more [...]
May 14th, 2012 tmccoy
by: Brett Leitner, Esq.
As nursing home abuse becomes more known to the public, people are becoming increasingly more aware of the dangers their loved ones may face in a facility.
In most cases, the abuse is typically from bedsores, fractures, and inattentive staff. At least that’s what we’ve found, as we deal with nursing home abuse [...]
May 8th, 2012 tmccoy
by: Brett Leitner, Esq.
As a husband, you promise to love, cherish, and keep someone safe for your entire life in sickness and in health. So that’s exactly what one husband did when his wife became completely immobile and needed his assistance with her daily life.
He would dress his wife, change her adult diapers, [...]
May 4th, 2012 tmccoy
by: Brett Leitner, Esq.
A recent investigation by the Boston Globe shed light on the increasing use of antipsychotic medications to restrain nursing home residents. The investigation revealed that antipsychotic medications are commonly used to control agitation and combative behavior in residents who should not be receiving the powerful sedatives.
The drugs, which are intended to [...]
April 30th, 2012 tmccoy
by: Brett Leitner, Esq.
With nursing home abuse stories becoming public, it is sad and disappointing to hear that these trends are still continuing. The safety of a loved one needs to be the top priority at any nursing home facility.
Negligence is the case for one such client, who’s loved one died in a nursing home [...]
April 27th, 2012 tmccoy
by: Brett Leitner, Esq.
At the Wayne Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation in the Bronx, a social worker was alleged to have stolen over $400,000 from a resident suffering from dementia. The money was transferred to accounts in the name of the defendant social worker and her family. On February 23, 2012, the defendant was [...]
April 23rd, 2012 tmccoy
by: Brett Leitner, Esq.
Nursing home abuse has been a very active topic lately as more and more nursing homes come under fire for their passive approach to health care. As a nursing home, their main priority is to the safety and health of their residents.
Nursing home abuse has been linked to such injuries as bed [...]
April 20th, 2012 tmccoy
by: James Kapralos, Esq.
Management of pressure ulcers in nursing homes require excellent clinical evaluations, history, physical examination and decision-making. Wound care and prevention must be implemented fast. Prevention and care for an ulcer must include skin checks every shift and immediate notification to a doctor for action if there is any change to [...]
April 19th, 2012 tmccoy
by: Brett Leitner, Esq.
The New York Attorney General announced an $871,000 settlement with Ruby Weston, a former director of two Brooklyn nursing homes, including one that bears her name, the Ruby Weston Manor. It was alleged that Ruby Weston breached her fiduciary duties to both institutions, and received excessive and unauthorized compensation.
Under the terms [...]
