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The pandemic has put negligent nursing homes and caregivers into the limelight, and with good reason. Families, wondering how to ensure the safety of...
Nursing homes owe residents a duty of care to ensure the environment they live in is safe and secure from foreseeable harm. Yet many...
Feeding tubes are used to help elderly residents get the nutrition they need. However, these tubes pose an increased risk for serious or fatal...
Long-term care facilities have long been criticized for the overuse of antipsychotic drugs on residents in their care. Not only do these drugs pose...
When looking into nursing homes for a family member, determining if it meets acceptable quality of care standards can be difficult. While online resources...
Abuse is a prevalent issue in many nursing homes. If a resident has suffered abuse because of a nursing home’s negligence, the victim –...
Nursing home abuse cases are complex and difficult to prove. The entire legal process can take 18-24 months or longer. There are many steps...
No single event has brought as much attention to the substandard quality of care in U.S. nursing homes as the pandemic. Now it seems...
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 took an unprecedented toll on nursing homes across the United States. More than 170,000 long-term care residents and their...
As COVID-19 vaccines are being rolled out, nursing home efforts continue to reduce the spread of infection. However, the ongoing separation from family and...
As far back as May 2020, both the IRS and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received reports from multiple states that some nursing homes...
Nursing homes have long been under the microscope for issues with understaffing, negligence, and other violations – even before the U.S. saw its first...
Wisconsin, like many other states across the country, enacted limited immunity laws early on in the pandemic to help protect frontline workers and providers...
The spread of COVID-19 since the virus first reached U.S. shores has been astronomical, but nursing homes have remained the hardest hit. However, it...
Many nursing home residents are either confined to a wheelchair or need to use one almost all the time. By using a wheelchair, these...
