Nursing home abuse lawyers at Pintas & Mullins report that, following an investigation by the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office, two workers at a Beckham County nursing home were recently charged in connection to the death of a 76-year-old resident. The 28-year-old Granite, Oklahoma woman charged with the resident death is a certified nurse at the …
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Elder abuse lawyers at Pintas & Mullins report on a particularly egregious story of malpractice and elder negligence that occurred at Gulf Health Care Center in Port Arthur, Texas. The family of 66-year-old Levi Washington Jr., recently filed a lawsuit against the facility for allowing the man to develop severe pressure ulcers, which eventually caused …
Nursing home abuse and neglect lawyers at Pintas & Mullins highlight a recently article published in the Chicago Tribune concerning the known risks of bed rails for the elderly. Bed rails were designed and introduced into seniors’ homes and long-term care facilities to increase mobility and independence, however, the effects of these medical devices have …
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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, …
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Nursing home abuse lawyers at Pintas & Mullins report that a 76-year-old nursing home resident from Minnesota recently passed away from complications of injuries from being tasered. Police used a taser on the elderly man while responding to a call for help from Park Health and Rehab in St. Louis Park. The man, Zheng Diao, …
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Over 110,000 portable adult bed handles were recently recalled after at least three elderly women died from suffocating between the bed handles and mattress. The bed handles are frequently used in assisted living facilities to help residents get in and out of bed. Nursing home negligence lawyers at Pintas & Mullins look into this issue …
The family of an Illinois nursing home resident recently filed a wrongful death lawsuit against an ambulance company after the woman fell from her wheelchair during transport. This case involved the resident, Marjorie Stearns, her nursing home operated by Countryside Care Center, the medical transportation company, Ridge Ambulance Service and the ambulance driver Jerry Brooks. …
You must typically give evidence that shows negligence or intentional harm to prove a wrongful death happened in a nursing home. Wrongful death is a type of civil action in which surviving family members, such as spouses or children, bring a lawsuit against a nursing home or its staff to recover financial awards to cover …
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