Tag Archives: nursing home abuse
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
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 -->
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 -->
Syracuse Nursing Home Fined After Aggressive Sexual Assaults
A Syracuse Nursing Home will pay a $16,000 fine for failing to protect its residents. -->
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, -->
Wrongful Death in Nursing Homes
Generally, a wrongful death occurs when a person dies as a result of the negligent -->
New Technology May Reduce Occurrence of Bedsores
According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, each year more than 2.5 million -->
Will Niagara Nursing Home Face Criminal Charges for Alleged Nursing Home Abuse and or Nursing Home Neglect?
Niagara Rehab Nursing home recently came under media fire after unsafe and inhumane conditions were -->
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