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Resident to Resident Assaults

The Problem As a nursing home attorney, I have witnessed the harm caused by these assaults on the victim and the assailant. Resident-to-resident incidents in nursing homes are common. Often lack of staff or inadequate training are contributing factors. These incidents are injurious, and deadly. Eilon Caspi is a gerontologist and assistant research professor at

Refusal to Accept Patients

Thousands of people hospitalized across the country are stuck. Not in airports. In hospitals. These people do not need hospital care and treatment. Nursing homes refuse to accept them without getting more federal funds. The shortages in the long term care facilities restrict the hospitals’ ability to transfer those patients out of a hospital. The

Unanimous for Safety

Abuse Prevention WTRF reported that Ohio unanimously passed a law that will increase safety, deter abuse, and prevent waste. The Ohio bill will allow cameras in nursing homes so abuse and neglect can be stopped. The bipartisan bill allow nursing home residents or their families to install cameras in their rooms to capture abuse and

Staffing Analysis

The Consumer Voice is a well-respected advocacy group for nursing home residents. They published a report on nursing home staffing.  The report analyzes staffing standards in each state. Nursing homes clearly provide unsafe staffing compared to well-established studies on staffing and quality of care. Short and unsafe staffing causes custodial neglect and negative outcomes. Chronic understaffing

The Audacity of No Shame

Negligent Emergency Preparedness I have been a nursing home lawyer and advocate for over 26 years. I have heard some crazy arguments and defenses from nursing home defense attorneys. Blaming victims of sexual assault. Accusing innocent family members of abuse and neglect. Arguing frivolous or fringe medical theories. But now I have heard it all

Falsifying Records

We have handled nursing home litigation for decades. We see false documentation in almost every case. The cover up is often worse than the crime. Now, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina reported that Tammy McDonald made fake Covid-19 vaccination cards. Tammy McDonald is a Director of Nursing in a nursing

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