Late last year, in response to the 2011 Miami Herald series on substantial abuse and neglect suffered at Florida’s assisted living facilities, the governor-appointed Florida Assisted Living Workgroup released its final report. Our Hallandale nursing home abuse lawyers are not impressed – and neither are numerous elderly advocacy groups and…
One in five Florida nursing homes is on the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration watch list for not meeting the bare minimum requirements for care standards or for flunking routine inspections and then not correcting those violations. This is according to the Families for Better Care advocacy group. Our…
The treatment suffered by a 101-year-old South Carolina man at the hands of a nursing home aide could be described as nothing short of torture. As our Broward nursing home abuse attorneys understand it, the elderly man was sexually assaulted, beaten and and screamed at. A hidden camera, installed by…
It took more than four years, but a judge has finally ruled there is enough evidence following the death of a 77-year-old patient to justify a criminal trial for nursing home abuse against the center’s former director of nursing. Our Coconut Creek nursing home abuse lawyers know that loved ones…
Until she was 14-year-old, the girl who suffered from cerebral palsy and seizures was lovingly cared for in Tampa by her mother, who pureed fresh fruit and vegetables and constantly told the girl how much she was loved. But then, as our Coral Springs nursing home abuse lawyers understand it,…
Florida nursing homes tend to be busier this time of year, starting with Thanksgiving, as families flock to pay their loved ones a visit for the holidays. Our Boca Raton nursing home lawyers truly hope you have a wonderful time, and that you and your loved ones find much for…
A nursing home abuse case out of Connecticut reveals why family involvement in these cases is so critical in forcing the truth to light. Our Margate nursing home abuse lawyers want to make sure you understand that nursing home administrators have a vested interest in downplaying or completely fabricating facts…
Nursing home abuse lawyers in Vero Beach recently came across reports from our northern neighbor about a rising number of nursing home abuse complaints made to state officials. According to the Athens Banner-Herald, the number of nursing home abuse and neglect complaints in Georgia has risen by an eye-popping 22…
Advances in technology are altering nearly every facet of our lives, including how nursing home abuse cases are approached. Our Broward nursing home abuse lawyers know that the biggest advance, of course, is the proliferation of video cameras, cell phone cameras and similar recorders that can help to document incidents…
Royal Palm Beach nursing home abuse lawyers understand that a recently-released federal report indicates a startling number of disciplined nursing aides throughout the country have violent criminal pasts. The report, prepared by the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services, as mandated by the…