Recent Posts in Nursing Home Negligence Category
Posted on Apr 12, 2013 By Whitley Law Firm
When we place our loved ones in nursing homes for care and treatments in their old age and sickness, we expect that they will be receiving the treatment we are paying for. No one ever said nursing ...
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Posted on Jan 29, 2013 By The Whitley Law Firm
Recent studies by the Department of Health and Human Services are showing that for-profit nursing homes have a much higher percentage of charges involving elder abuse and fraud, than those that are ...
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Posted on Jan 9, 2013 By Raleigh Personal Injury Lawyer
Nursing home abuse and neglect has become a prevalent problem throughout the United States, affecting the lives of countless individuals and families who have placed their trust in the hands of a ...
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Posted on Nov 12, 2012 By Raleigh Personal Injury Attorney
Marie Freyre was born with cerebral palsy and suffered from incessant seizures, among other things. Although she was cared for by her mother for most of her life, social workers insisted that she be ...
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Posted on Oct 24, 2012 By Raleigh Personal Injury Attorney
Nursing home facilities were designed as a way for the elderly to receive the day-to-day care that they can no longer provide for themselves. Unfortunately, residents of such homes do not always ...
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Posted on Sep 28, 2012 By Raleigh Personal Injury Attorney
When a family makes the difficult decision to place a loved one under the care of a nursing home facility, they should not have to worry that their elderly family member will receive anything less ...
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Posted on Sep 10, 2012 By Raleigh Personal Injury Attorney
Joe K. Oliver, a resident at the Sabino Canyon Rehabilitation & Care Center in Tucson, was 67 years old and wheelchair-bound at the time that he was left outside in the scorching Arizona heat. The ...
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Posted on Jul 25, 2012 By North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer
As an elderly member of the family reaches an age that prohibits them from being able to provide themselves with an appropriate level of care, it is not uncommon for a family to look into placing them ...
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Posted on May 30, 2012 By Whitley Law Firm
After an extensive investigation into the care being provided to nursing home residents in Hartford, Connecticut it has been decided that further training will need to be implemented for the staff of ...
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Posted on Apr 27, 2012 By Whitely Law Firm
Friday, April 20, 2012 proved to be a fateful day for the Josephson Nursing Home in Ironwood, as it was systematically repossessed by the state. According to licensing officials presiding over the ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2012 By Whitley Law Firm
In Torrington, Connecticut one nursing home facility is being fined for the death of a patient that choked on a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in February. Torrington Health and Rehabilitation ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2012 By Whitley Law Firm
When people talk about their loved ones being mistreated in nursing homes, there are two types of negligence that can be classified as wrongful behavior by a nursing home facility and caretakers. ...
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Posted on Jul 29, 2011 By Whitley Law Firm
While we all like to believe that our loved ones are in safe hands at a nursing home or assisted living facility, our trust can be broken due to dangerous abuse and neglect. If you have experienced ...
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Posted on Apr 22, 2011 By Whitley Law Firm
Back in December 2009 a nursing home in Brooklyn was found guilty of negligence in the case of a patient who developed multiple bedsores under their care. At that time the patient's family was awarded ...
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Posted on Jul 8, 2010 By Whitley Law Firm
One alarming form of elder abuse in nursing home environments happens to be the over sedation or increased administration of drugs. This happens more often than most people realize and unless this ...
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Posted on Jun 27, 2010 By Whitley Law Firm
If you or someone you love has suffered an injury while at a nursing home or an assisted living facility and you believe nursing home negligence was involved, you should do the following: ยง Ask ...
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