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A lawsuit filed in New York’s Supreme Court alleges a nursing home facility staffer’s abuse may have contributed to the woman’s death less than a month later.

In Jones v. Hudson Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, the family is seeking $2 million in compensation after an aide reportedly broke the elderly dementia sufferer’s arm, and the fracture went untreated for 12 hours, despite her desperate pleas for help throughout that time.

West Palm Beach nursing home abuse attorneys have learned an investigation revealed the aide was upset because she was asked to work an additional five hours beyond her regular shift because there was no one else to cover her duties.
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Nursing home abuse, at its most severe, can involve physical assault and the beating of a patient. In a tragic Florida case, an elderly man who was a patient at an assisted-living facility was beaten by a security guard and died of his injuries. According to reports, the 83-year-old victim was hospitalized after the attack but never regained consciousness. The case is currently being investigated, though the 22-year-old security guard is facing preliminary charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault.

As America’s older generations turn to nursing homes and assisted-living centers for care, it is critical that children, loved ones, law enforcement, advocacy groups and legislators take action to ensure safety and well-being. This is another tragic example of lack of regulation, oversight, failed screening, and negligent nursing home care that too often leads to the injury or death of our most vulnerable residents.

Our Fort Lauderdale nursing home abuse attorneys are dedicated to providing strategic advocacy and support to families of victims of nursing home neglect or abuse. If you suspect that your loved one has been abused, our attorneys will independently review your case and take necessary legal action against responsible individuals or entities.
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A recently-filed wrongful death lawsuit alleges nursing home staff failed to act in an expedient manner to save the life of an elderly resident who was in critical condition.

Panzier v. VIP Manor LLC stems from the staff’s reaction to finding the woman unresponsive, gurgling and with an oxygen saturation rate of just 80 percent. Rather than emergency transfer to the hospital, the staffers waited nearly a half hour before contacting an ambulance. Even then, they did not indicate it was an emergency. By the time paramedics arrived, she was blue, had clumps of food in her mouth, had extremely low blood pressure and was not responsive.

Despite receiving CPR, she died at the hospital.

Hollywood nursing home abuse lawyers have seen numerous cases wherein victims suffered because staff either was not properly trained to respond to a medical emergency or failed to follow the facility’s protocol.
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Nursing homes must be in compliance with state safety regulations and any violations can result in civil penalties, fines, and even criminal charges.

In a recent case, a Florida nursing home was fined $36,000 for numerous clerical and medical errors. According to the Agency for Health Care Administration, the West Melbourne Health & Rehabilitation Center was fined for these infractions after an administrative complaint inspection in December.

According to the report, which was filed in April, the nursing home will now be subjected to inspections every six months for the next two years. While state inspections can help prevent future injuries and wrongful deaths in nursing homes, these violations and acts of negligence continue to occur throughout Florida. In the most tragic cases, negligence, abuse, or violations are not discovered until it is too late.

Our Fort Lauderdalenursing home injury attorneys are committed to protecting the rights of victims and their families. We will explore every case to uncover misconduct or medical malpractice, when such negligence results in the injury or wrongful death of a nursing home patient.
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Recently, the U.S. Justice Department announced that one of the largest home health care providers in the country, Amedisys Inc., agreed to settle a whistleblower lawsuit for $150 million, following allegations that they improperly billed Medicare.

According to documents in U.S. ex rel. Brown v. Amedisys, Inc., the first of seven lawsuits filed throughout the country against the firm, the agency charged the government for services that either weren’t performed or weren’t necessary.

Fort Lauderdale nursing home abuse attorneys recognize this is a situation where negligence and fraud may intersect. It goes beyond making patients appear sicker than they were on government forms (which is part of what was alleged by the nurse whistleblowers).
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A bill that would make it tougher for victims of nursing home abuse in Florida to obtain justice has been passed by the state senate with a vote of 36-3.

SB 670 would make it so that those not directly linked to the operation of a nursing home would be protected from litigation stemming from abuse, neglect or negligence in the care of elderly patients.

While similar measures had failed to gain steam in Florida previously, our Broward nursing home abuse lawyers are troubled by how rapidly this one has thus far worked its way through the legislative process. Now that it has swiftly passed the state senate, the next stop is the house. If it passes there, it will require the governor’s signature to become law.
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A new study published in the journal Neurology found that Alzheimer deaths are vastly under-reported. Researchers calculated that some 500,000 people in the U.S. die from disease every year, which is five times more than the number tallied by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If true, that would make it the third leading cause of death among Americans.

What’s more, our Broward nursing home abuse lawyers recognize that this is a disease we are going to confront with increasing frequency in the coming decades. For one thing, the size of our elder population is growing rapidly as the baby boomer generation ages. For another, there is a heightened awareness about the disease, and therefore a greater level of diagnosis. While it is estimated that 5.3 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s disease today, that figure is expected to balloon to 7.7 million in 2030 and 16 million by 2050.

Contrary to common myth, neither Alzheimer’s disease nor any other form of dementia is a “normal” part of aging. The myth is perpetuated by the fact that so many people suffer from it. As relatives, close friends and loved ones, we are left not only to help oversee their care and comfort, but to shield them from those who might seek to exploit them.
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A New York man recently filed a lawsuit against the nursing home where his 85-year-old mother resides, alleging they had forced “huge, muscular strippers” on his mother, whom he says has been a devout Christian her whole life and now suffers from dementia.

In the case of Youngblood v. East Neck Nursing Center, Inc., the defendant says he found photographic evidence of the incident after the fact. The image shows his mother stuffing dollar bills into the underwear of a 20-something male dancer. The lawsuit claims that not only did the staff order the strippers’ services without his mother’s consent, they used some of her money to pay for the striptease.

The son alleges that while his mother is sometimes lucid, she lacks both the mental and physical capacity to give informed consent regarding such matters.

Our Palm Beach nursing home abuse attorneys recognize that consent is at the core issue in such cases. People don’t lose their desire for physical affection and companionship as they age. There are some cases in which an elder loved one may find comfort in romantic relationships formed while they are a patient in a nursing home. But loved ones need to make sure there is informed consent, and that can be extremely difficult to gauge when someone is afflicted with mentally-debilitating conditions like Alzheimer’s and dementia.
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In Oklahoma recently, legislators passed a measure that requires nursing home and adult day care staffers with direct patient access to undergo fingerprint-based background checks. Officials say the measure is intended to significantly reduce nursing home abuse and neglect by those with a proven track record for crimes.

Pompano Beach nursing home abuse lawyers know that there have been numerous instances in which those with criminal backgrounds were allowed to work in close or direct proximity to Florida nursing home patients, sometimes with disastrous results.

In 2010, Gov. Charlie Crist signed a measure that requires background screens for caregivers of children, seniors and the disabled. Previously, inconsistent laws allowed workers to start on their jobs before the background check was done. In other cases, staffers were only required to have their criminal backgrounds in Florida screened, meaning they could have a felony out-of-state, and their current employer wouldn’t be compelled to seek out that information.
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Dual proposals in the Florida House and Senate would serve to narrow the entities that could be pursued by those filing a Hollywood nursing home negligence lawsuit.

The result would be that those who have suffered as a result of substandard care or abuse would have limited options for recovery. Additionally, providers that put profits over people would be allowed to evade responsibility for the damage they inflicted.

Yet politicians are making it seem as if the bigger issue is “greedy” plaintiff lawyers bringing “frivolous” lawsuits against entities that don’t deserve blame. Specifically, they are targeting a tactic used by nursing home abuse lawyers throughout the state to fight owners who use a “shell” company in order to shield themselves from liability in such claims.
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