The case of a nursing home resident whose leg had to be amputated as a result of an uncontrolled infection will be allowed to move forward, a state supreme court panel ruled recently. In Boyd v. Nunez, the trial court judge had denied the plaintiff the right to press forward…
As more nursing home abuse and neglect cases are cropping up in Florida and nationwide, regulators are being forced to ask important questions. Why are there more cases of abuse? How should care facilities be screened and investigated in the event of an abuse allegation? Are the sheer numbers of…
It should come as no surprise that the quality of care that an elderly person can expect to receive is going to depend on the kind of skill, training and oversight that is expected of employees. But our North Lauderdale elder neglect attorneys know that for the last four decades,…
More than 1.5 million Americans today live in nursing homes. However, our Deerfield Beach nursing home abuse lawyers know that the quality of care that these individuals can expect varies tremendously from state-to-state and facility to facility. Now, the Florida-based elder advocacy center, Families for Better Care, has released its…
He was a WWII veteran suffering from dementia, residing at a nursing home in Virginia. The overall care seemed sufficient. It was months before his daughter realized her father’s toothbrush had collected dust. She brushed them each time she came to visit. Then he began to complain of headaches. His…
A case of elderly neglect in a South Florida home had even the most grizzled law enforcement veterans shuddering. Our Coral Springs nursing home abuse lawyers know that while this incident didn’t take place in a nursing home, it’s indicative of the kind of injuries that are present in cases…
A nursing home owner was convicted on federal charges of conspiring to defraud Medicaid and Medicare programs by billing them for worthless services in the operation of three Atlanta-area nursing homes, where hundreds of patients received deficient care for years. He was given 20 years in federal prison. Additionally, he’s…
A Florida nursing home facility has been fined $12,500 and ordered to pay a $6,000 survey fee for future monitoring activity, following its negligence in handling a resident’s death recently. Our Pompano Beach nursing home abuse lawyers understand that the home, in Bradenton, was found by state authorities to have…
Nursing home neglect is believed to have led to the death of a resident, prompting a local news team to investigate the facility’s history. What they found was a checkered history of health and safety code violations, as well as reprimands for severe – and at times deadly – neglect.…
George Dahmer was a fierce competitor in the wrestling world, where he was known as Chief White Owl back in the 1950s and 1960s. He was especially revered for his several comebacks. But fighting for his life after a stint at a Lake Worth nursing home where he was severely…