The New York Times recently chronicled the heartbreaking, yet all-too-familiar saga of a woman who stood helplessly aside as her husband spiraled further into dementia, the disease causing him to become progressively more aggressive. He would lunge at the television when they were watching a movie, as if he intended…
July is World Elder Abuse Awareness Month, serving as a reminder to our Cooper City nursing home abuse lawyers that this is more than a Florida problem. It’s more than a U.S. problem. It’s a global problem that deserves our time, attention and dedication. The Center of Excellence on Elder…
At a Georgia elder-care facility designed specifically for Alzheimer patients, nearly two dozen former employees are facing upwards of 70 criminal charges alleging cruelty to those for whom they were supposed to be caring. Our Greenacres nursing home abuse lawyers were appalled to learn that this was not a matter…
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…
In a novel move that has the potential to spread rapidly among law enforcement agencies across the country, the Ohio attorney general’s office announced it was shuttering a suburban nursing home after authorities installed cameras that captured footage of abuse. Our Riviera Beach nursing home abuse lawyers understand that while…
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…
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…
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…
A recent study conducted by researchers with Cornell University and the state of New York revealed that there aremore than 250,000 adults 65 and older who were abused and neglected in 2011 – just in that state alone. Our Davie nursing home abuse lawyers believe the figures for Florida would…