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Cornell Study on Resident on Resident Abuse

I saw this article on another website discussing the recent Cornell University study on physical abuse between residents.  Resident on resident abuse is underreported and mismanaged in the nursing home setting and most likely caused Physical abuse in a nursing home may include staff or other residents.  According to a Cornell University Study, resident-on-resident violence

Nursing homes are VERY profitable

I do not understand how nursing homes continue to say that they can’t make any money taking care of their residents.  The corporate executives of Manor Care will get more than $200 million for their sale to the Carlyle Group. The head of America’s biggest nursing-home company is about to get intensive financial treatment. Chief

Rape trial of 98 year old resident

This article is very disturbing.  I cannot believe that the nursing home did not recognize this obvious sociopath. A Victorian nursing home employee accused of pinning down a 98-year-old dementia patient “like an animal” and raping her was just doing his job, according to his defense lawyer.   Henry Alexander, 35, of Mount Martha, is accused

HIPAA law being misused by health care providers

The NY Times has an interesting article about how health care providers misuse HIPAA to conceal medical mistakes or neglect from family members. An emergency room nurse told Gerard Nussbaum he could not stay with his father-in-law while the elderly man was being treated after a stroke. Another nurse threatened Mr. Nussbaum with arrest for

Direct liability of parent corporation of facility

David McGuffey is a great nursing home and elder law attorney from Tn.  He is kind enough to share with other nursing home attorney his summary of important cases and legal theories.  Recently he wrote an article about direct liability of parent corporations in the nursing home industry.  Below are excerpts: In Forsythe v. Clark

$15 Million Awarded in Highway Collision

$42 Million Given Back for over 8,000 Investors

$1.05 Million Largest Nursing Home Jury Award in Spartanburg History

$2.32 Million in “Unprecedented” Jury Award Against Nuisance Landfill

$2.32 Million in “Unprecedented” Jury Award Against Nuisance Landfill

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