Elder abuse lawyers at Pintas & Mullins highlight a recent story out of Atlanta, Georgia, focusing on more than 20 current and former employees of a nursing home for Alzheimer’s patients. The staff of Alzheimer’s Care of Commerce, including its owner, is now facing over 70 criminal charges for abusing the elderly patients. Alzheimer’s Care …
When Nursing Home Residents Attack other Residents
Nursing home negligence can take many forms, from blatant disregard for safety and health precautions to accidental consequences of understaffing. Regardless of corporate ownership or economic status, however, all nursing homes have the legal duty to protect their residents from harm. Unfortunately, sometimes aggressive residents pose risks to other, more vulnerable residents. Our elder abuse …
Lack of Oral Care may Lead to Pneumonia Deaths
Nursing home negligence lawyers at Pintas & Mullins highlight a recent article by the New York Times which gives attention to the ignored issue of oral care in skilled nursing facilities. Residents may go extended periods of time without dental attention, leading to the obvious dental problems but also to extreme weight loss and, recent studies suggest, …
Choking and Suffocation in Nursing Homes
The risk of choking and suffocation increases with age, and nursing home administrators and staffers should know how to detect and minimize the risk of these potentially fatal occurrences. If they do not, then they may be liable for any serious injury or death that results when residents experience choking and suffocation in nursing homes. …
30 Violations Found in IL Nursing Home Inspect
The latest quarterly report released by the Illinois Department of Public Health shows that area nursing homes are continuing to violate basic health and safety needs of residents, putting these residents at risk of great harm. Unfortunately, evidence of physical, verbal, and sexual abuse is still being widely reported by residents of many Illinois nursing …
Fiscal Cliff Deal Includes Changes to Elderly Care
The so-called Fiscal Cliff Agreement that passed through Congress on New Year’s Day includes a compromise bill that may affect long-term care services. Nursing home abuse and neglect attorneys highlight this compromise bill, which repealed the CLASS Act and created a new federal commission to submit a proposal for financing and delivering long-term care needs. To those …
Connecticut Nursing Home Aide Commits Near Fatal Attack on Resident
Although many nursing homes provide the type of quality care that residents deserve, others continue to put the safety and health of some of society’s most vulnerable members at risk. A clear example of nursing home abuse happened recently in Connecticut, where a young nursing home aide assaulted an 84-year-old resident. According to police, the …
Are Nursing Homes Overmedicating Their Residents?
While most nursing homes treat their patients with the care and respect one would expect, recent cases have brought to light the dangerous issue of unnecessarily prescribed antipsychotic drugs. According to Charlene Harrington, a professor of nursing and sociology at the University of California, potentially 1 in 5 nursing home patients are unnecessarily given antipsychotic …
Nursing Home Poor Hygiene Lawyer
Poor hygiene in nursing homes is a common form of nursing home abuse. Elderly residents may suffer from lack of bathing, unwashed clothes, or unchanged diapers or continence devices. These poor hygiene conditions can cause severe physical and emotional damages, medical problems, or death. Poor Hygiene in Nursing Homes The issue of needing standards for hygiene …
Recognizing Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
This June we join the effort to raise awareness and take action for Alzheimer’s Disease. Nearly 60% of all nursing home residents have Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. Our team of nursing home attorneys have been fighting for these residents for 30 years, and we are proud members of the Alzheimer’s Association Workplace Alliance. …
Trauma Treatment for the Elderly
A recent study found that elderly patients admitted to hospital trauma units are increasingly likely to be discharged to nursing homes instead of inpatient rehab facilities or home.The study, published in The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, used data from 2003 to 2009. Researchers found that elderly trauma patients were about 34% more likely …
Caring for Elderly With Alzheimer’s and Dementia in Nursing Homes
When people suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia can no longer live alone at home, family members might place them in a nursing home’s care. As their condition progresses to the middle and late stages, your loved one might need: 24-hour supervision. Extensive medical care. Around-the-clock companionship to keep them safe and grounded, and to prevent them from …
Nursing Home Abuse Results in the Closure of Hillcrest
The state of Illinois has initiated the revocation of Hillcrest Healthcare Center’s nursing home license for a long history of elder abuse. The most recent allegations of nursing home abuse and neglect at this Joliet nursing home are yet another example of the quickly growing epidemic of elder abuse. Ironically, these allegations surfaced during National …
Antipsychotic Drug Use on Decline in Nursing Homes
Nursing home abuse lawyers at Pintas & Mullins are glad to report the use of antipsychotic drug treatment in American nursing homes is on the decline. Antipsychotics, intended only for the treatment of such cognitive disorders as schizophrenia, have long been used in nursing homes as ‘chemical restraints,’ to subdue irritable residents, despite the severe …
Lawsuit Alleges Nursing Home Company Put Profits Ahead of Patients
Although some nursing homes in the country are dedicated to patient care, our nursing home negligence lawyers realize that others put profits ahead of patient safety to the detriment of residents. A recent lawsuit alleges that state regulators in California are permitting nursing home companies to divert money intended for patient care to corporate interests. As NBC …
AARP Attempts to Halt Nursing Home Abuse
Sadly, horrific cases of nursing home abuse and neglect continue to surface throughout the United States. Most recently a notably large class action lawsuit was filed in California against the Ventura Convalescent Hospital. The lawsuit alleges that systematic prescriptions of anti-psychosis drugs were administered to patients without their informed consent. Chicago nursing home lawyers at Pintas & …
Texas Agrees to Move Over 600 Residents from Nursing Homes
Nursing home abuse lawyers at Pintas & Mullins confirm that Texas and the U.S. Department of Justice recently agreed to move about 635 individuals with developmental disabilities out of nursing homes. The move is the result of plaintiffs claims that existing state policies requiring them to be in nursing homes violate the Americans with Disabilities …
Nursing Home Chain Caught in Criminal Scheme
A Tennessee nursing home chain, National HealthCare Corp. (NHC), was recently involved in a scandal involving risky campaign schemes and malicious contracts with the elderly. According to reports, NHC has been forcing its elderly residents to sign contracts agreeing not to sue the company if something happens to them. Nursing home abuse lawyers at Pintas …
Nursing Home Head Charged with $100K Theft
Elder abuse lawyers at Pintas & Mullins report that a former nursing home administrator was recently arrested and jailed for allegedly stealing more than $100,000 from her elderly residents. The woman, Pamela Britt of Champaign, Illinois, was arrested in mid-June 2013 on 12 felony counts of theft, theft by deception and forgery, and financial exploitation …
Nursing Home and Elder Abuse: Bedsores
Bedsores are often caused by elder abuse at nursing homes. When elderly residents of nursing homes suffer from bedsores, also known as pressures sores or pressure ulcers, nursing home abuse or neglect is often the cause of this preventable condition. If your elderly loved one is suffering from bedsores, you may have a strong case to …
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