Category Archives: Nursing home abuse and neglect
Families and Residents of Syracuse Nursing Home Seek Answers
UPDATE June 14, 2018: Less than a year after publishing the blog below, F&P Of Council -->
Jun
June is Elder Abuse Awareness Month
Sadly, every year an estimated 5 million older Americans are victims of elder abuse, neglect, -->
Jun
Nursing Home Abuse – How Safe Are Your Loved Ones?
Placing a loved one in a nursing home facility is a difficult decision. We want -->
Will New Regulations Put Residents at Heightened Risk for Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect?
The nursing home industry recently celebrated a triumph in a long term battle to scale -->
Jan
Revised Nursing Home Regulations Proposed That Could Worsen an Already Failing System
Statistics show approximately 1 in 10 Americans over the age of 60 have experienced some -->
Nov
Culture Change and Nursing Homes
Culture change, also called person-centered care or resident-directed care, is a newer model of care -->
Visiting Your Loved One in a Nursing Home
Placing your loved one in a nursing home facility can be an emotionally challenging experience -->
Nursing Home Abuse in Connecticut, Six Nursing Homes Fined
The State of Connecticut has recently fined a half dozen nursing homes for serious offenses -->
Nov
Choosing the Best Nursing Home in Buffalo, NY
When choosing the appropriate nursing home environment in Buffalo, there are several factors to consider. -->
Albany Nursing Home Risk Factors
Placing someone we love in a nursing home facility can be a difficult and painful -->
More Sad Developments Regarding the Frequency of Nursing Home Abuse
Medicare has been under fire for quite some time for the system’s repeated failures in -->
Sep
Burn Injuries Are Common in Nursing Home Patients
In a long-term facility such as a nursing home, residents should be protected always. Any -->
How to Choose the Right Nursing Home?
Placing a loved one in a nursing home facility is never easy. When a decision -->
Why Bedsores Shouldn’t Be Ignored
A bedsore, or pressure ulcer, is an injury to the skin and/or underlying tissue. Serious -->
Nursing Home Workers Continue to Exploit Residents on Snapchat and Other Social Sites
Propublica, an independent nonprofit newsroom recently published a follow up article about a nationwide re-occurring -->
Handling Nursing Home Cases with Care and Professionalism
Having handled numerous nursing home abuse and neglect cases, we understand the importance of ensuring not -->
Family Member of Neglected Nursing Home Resident Shares Their Experience
Nursing home residents fall victim to abuse or neglect far too often. As personal injury -->
Ruthie’s Law, Another Step Towards Better Protecting Nursing Home Residents and Their Families
In August 2016 Ruth Murray, a nursing home resident, was brutally attacked by another resident, -->
CNN Publishes Must Read for Anyone with Elderly Parents
Recently, multiple media outlets published various disturbing articles about nursing home abuse and neglect in -->
Department of Health Issues Maximum Fine to Buffalo Nursing Home
In August, 2016 an 82 year old woman residing at Emerald South Nursing and Rehabilitation -->