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Nursing Home Neglect
Nursing Home Neglect
Neglect is one of the most common forms of nursing home abuse. Generally, understaffing at nursing homes is the main culprit behind this kind of abuse. Evidence of nursing home neglect includes bedsores and stiff joints, as well as signs of depression. A patient who appears over medicated or is needlessly sedated could be a victim of nursing home neglect. The smell of urine or feces and poor personal hygiene are hallmarks of this problem. Extreme unexplained weight loss in an otherwise healthy resident can also be a sign of abuse. And if visitors are made to wait while the staff readies a patient to see them, - or does not allow the visit at all - neglect could be the reason.In the most extreme cases, nursing home neglect can be deadly. Neglected patients have been known to wander away from facilities, and sadly some of these patients have died of exposure. Other unattended patients have been allowed to die as a result of undetected internal bleeding or other ailments that could have been corrected with proper medical care. And in many cases, nursing home administrations will try to cover up their neglect by claiming that a patient’s death was the inevitable result of old age. Some nursing home staffs have even gone so far as to discard bloody sheets or move bodies prior to notifying families of a patient’s death -- all in an attempt to hide their negligence.
Nursing home neglect is as much a crime as any other form of abuse. If someone you love has suffered from nursing home neglect, they may be entitled to compensation. Please fill out the form at the right for a free case review by a qualified attorney.
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Housing Mentally Ill in Nursing Homes Sometimes Leads to Violence
Mar 24, 2009 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Sadly, it seems that nursing homes are increasingly housing the elderly alongside patients with mental illness. The problem is that, in some cases—said U.S. News & World Report, citing the Associated Press (AP)—violence, sometimes with deadly consequences, has been reported.U.S. News noted that there is insufficient housing in psychiatric units, mental institutions are closing, and nursing homes have more room now that the emerging elder population is healthier or...
Study: Standards Needed for Nursing Home Social Workers
Jan 8, 2009 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Low federal standards and inconsistent state laws have caused lapses in nursing home social workers’ qualifications. Although social workers are integral to nursing home residents’ quality of care, there are vast differences among workers backgrounds based on the first national study on nursing home social workers, said The Press Citizen. This, according to the findings of a University of Iowa study that surveyed 1,071 nursing home social service directors.The study...
Nursing Homes Rated on New Government Website
Dec 22, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched a Website ranking nearly 16,000 nursing homes. Reuters Health reports that this is the first-ever federally-managed Website that ranks nursing home facilities for quality. "Around three million Americans depend on nursing homes at some point during each year to provide life-saving care," CMS administrator Kerry Weems said in a statement announcing the website launch. "Most of those...
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 Suffolk County facility familiar with such problems, according to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. This case represents the fourth recent nursing home abuse case in the state, it is the first to originate out of the New York City area in which hidden camera technology was used to obtain evidence against nursing home employees, Cuomo says.Cuomo...
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 the Department of Health and Human Services, a whopping 94 percent of all for-profit nursing homes were cited last year for violations of federal health and safety standards. In total, 90 percent of all nursing homes – including those owned by non-profit groups and government agencies - were cited last year for violations of health and safety...
Nursing Home Negligence
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