The state-funded agency charged with keeping tabs on Florida nursing home abuse claims has become a lightning rod for controversy. It’s top ombudsman, Jim Crotchet, was abruptly placed on paid leave, ordered to have zero contact with agency workers or volunteers and essentially confined to house arrest while the state…
At one of the largest elder care chains in the country, workers were routinely underpaid for their work at dozens of facilities in California, according to a lawsuit that was recently settled for $2.2 million. Our Wilton Manors nursing home neglect attorneys know that the chain involved, Emeritus, has dozens…
A tragic story out of Missouri is an example of why it is so important that nursing home staffers be appropriately trained in how to diffuse escalating tensions among patients that may be suffering from dementia and aggression. Our Weston nursing home abuse lawyers understand that a 76-year-old nursing home…
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…
State workers were found responsible for egregious and sometimes violent abuses of their position. One bit a patient on the ear. Another threatened a co-worker with a text that contained the words, “gut you like a fish.” Another left a patient unclothed, bleeding from a head injury and soaked in…
The State of Florida, displaying a deliberate indifference to suffering, gave parents of disabled children no choice but to warehouse these youths in nursing homes designed for care of elderly residents. Some have spent their entire childhoods locked away, deprived of meaningful interactions with family and friends, non-disabled acquaintances and…
The woman in Room 101 was dying. That might not have been so unique for someone residing in an assisted-living facility, designed for those who require help with day-to-day tasks, but not necessarily around-the-clock medical care. But it was why she was dying that would later become an issue. As…
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…
The question of whether elderly patients with dementia may be able to engage in consensual sex is an uncomfortable one for the children and grandchildren of those in question. However, our Hollywood nursing home abuse lawyers view it as an important one to address in order to ensure their loved…
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…