The personal representative of a Florida woman who died last year in a Lakeland nursing home alleges medical complications leading to her death were preventable, the result of systematic neglect and mismanagement of the facility. According to the lawsuit, the elderly woman suffered from a host of painful conditions she…
In 2008, a man working as an in-home caregiver for an elderly couple in their early 80s suffered a psychotic break. Three months into his assignment, the 6-foot-6-inch, 220-pound aide went ballistic. He threw food all over the kitchen. There were smatterings all over the wall, the appliances, the counter…
When police in Daytona Beach received credible information regarding the alleged sexual abuse of an elderly nursing home resident, authorities sought information directly from facility staff. Detectives expected the nursing home administrators would be eager to find the source of the alleged abuse, not only to discover who may have…
Putting an end to elderly abuse and neglect requires identifying individual and systematic cases of abuse and neglect and in taking action against individuals and entities. There are many different forms of elderly abuse, including financial abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect and exploitation. While some forms are visible and…
In the wake of a recently-passed bill that allows Florida nursing home investors to evade liability for wrongdoing, the attorney general of Ohio has announced an uptick of complaints relative to abuse and neglect in nursing homes. Our Fort Lauderdale nursing home abuse lawyers have every reason to believe the…
In a case that sets a troubling precedent, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled against a nursing home employee claiming retaliation after he filed complaints with state health care officials alleging improper patient care. Fort Lauderdale nursing home abuse attorneys know that there are state and federal protections intended to…
It was touted as a measure to “make Florida more attractive” to those seeking to invest in the nursing home industry here in the Sunshine State. Nevermind the fact that our elder population is soaring (with people over 60 comprising 23 percent of our 19 million population), prompting the need…
An elderly resident of a nursing home was bedridden, non-verbal, fed through a tube and suffered from advanced-stage dementia. He was also likely a victim of nursing home sexual abuse. That’s the allegation made in a lawsuit filed on his behalf recent in Illinois, where prior to his death, doctors…
Florida, like all other states, has strict limitations on the window of time in which a person can file a lawsuit alleging negligence resulting in injury or wrongful death. However, Fort Lauderdale nursing home abuse lawyers are familiar with several circumstances under which that window can be lengthened, or “tolled.”…
A lawsuit filed in New York’s Supreme Court alleges a nursing home facility staffer’s abuse may have contributed to the woman’s death less than a month later. In Jones v. Hudson Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, the family is seeking $2 million in compensation after an aide reportedly broke the…