A Florida jury has awarded more than $1.1 billion to a man whose mother fell victim to nursing home negligence. Our Port St. Lucie nursing home abuse lawyers understand that the jury spent little more than an hour in deliberations before deciding on $110 million in compensatory damages and $1…
Both the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a joint announcement recently that they would be establishing a joint committee that will update the voluntary safety standards for the adult portable bed rails frequently used in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Indian River…
A family has filed a lawsuit following the death of an 85-year-old man with Alzheimer’s disease who died of a heart attack after he was found just outside his nursing home in temperatures slightly below freezing. He was transported to a nearby hospital in New York where he was declared…
In many cases, harm inflicted upon nursing home patients doesn’t happen because staffers are evil or harbor ill will toward residents. In fact, our Port St. Lucie nursing home abuse lawyers believe that in most cases, staffers started out in their careers with a desire to help people. But these…
In the aftermath of the devastation wrought by a colossal, deadly tornado in Oklahoma recently, we began hearing calls for storm preparedness at facilities that house our most vulnerable. This talk has primarily centered on schools, as nine of the two dozen killed were children, hunkered down in a poorly-constructed…
The New York Times recently explored the growing phenomenon of adult day care centers, which have been cropping up all over the country in recent years. Our Wellington nursing home abuse attorneys know that while these centers may not be as rife with mistreatment as those facilities where individuals are…
Our Martin County nursing home abuse lawyers are troubled that some nursing home facilities view the overmedication of patients as an appropriate form of patient management, allowing for less intensive care, fewer staffers and a reduction of combative patients. Of course, the glaring gap that this perspective fails to address…
A recent study published in The Journal of Internal Medicine found that doctors regularly prescribe risky drugs to elderly patients, and that those living in the South were especially at risk. Our Lake Worth nursing home negligence attorneys understand that the study, conducted by medical doctors at the Alpert Medical…
Choosing long-term care options for your parents or loved ones is never easy, and our Parkland nursing home abuse lawyers know there is much to consider. Now, at least with regard to cost, a new study shows that in-home care may be the most preferable option – if it’s feasible.…
If you went to a restaurant and ordered lobster and the waitstaff instead brought you fish sticks, you would likely refuse to pay for it. Our Hollywood nursing home negligence attorneys know this is essentially what is happening with the nursing home industry and the taxpayers. A recent Inspector General…