The 25-year-old man pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful possession of a controlled substance and was sentenced to two years in prison and must undergo treatment for substance abuse. The man stole the painkiller Fentanyl, from a patch on a 92-year-old patient’s arm who suffers from full-blown Alzheimer’s disease.

If you or a loved one has been the victim of nursing home abuse, contact the New Jersey nursing home abuse lawyers of Levinson and Axelrod by calling 800-346-5529.

State regulators are reporting that Medicare and Medicaid services have fined the nursing home $20,000 after alleged medication violations that caused the hospitalization of six patients and the death of one patient.

Investigators found that nine of the patients in the Alzheimer’s unit tested positive for a strong pain killer that they should not have. A former nurse at the nursing home has been charged with one count of second-degree murder and six counts of patient abuse.

Nursing home abuse can be a stressful event for the whole family and cause serious injury or worse, our thoughts are with the friends and family of the victims.

The Pennsylvania Superior Court overturned a ruling against a nursing home that stated that they were not liable for the death of one of their residents in 2004 after she had a heart attack after suffering from untreated bed sores, dehydration, malnutrition and a urinary tract infection.

The lawsuit was filed by her son and he claimed that the nursing home was understaffed and this caused the death of his mother. The court ruled against him at first and then the Superior Court determined that the company was responsible for compensation and other punitive damages.

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One of the first steps of the task force will be a look into how the government handles reports of nursing home abuse and neglect. A previous report was sent to the local newspaper and stated that there were 107 Class A citations claiming that a resident was in harm of becoming injured or worse.

Seven of the cases were prosecuted at the state level. Eight of them were under review from the prosecutor or attorney general, but the average pending time for a case was 19 months.

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The case is about a 76-year-old woman that was placed in a nursing home in Florida in March 2003 for rehabilitation. The woman fell twice within the first two weeks of admittance and suffered head trauma and an injured upper arm because of it.

The lawsuit claims that these falls were caused by the staff not putting in the appropriate measures to protect the residents. The woman was then moved from the home after being malnourished and she had multiple bed sores. She died in July 2003.

Nursing home abuse can happen to the most vulnerable people, our thoughts are with family and friends of the victim.

The nursing home aide was suppose to use the assistance of another person before moving a resident in order to avoid injury. Earlier in the year, the nursing home was fined almost $100,000 for health violations from the Illinois Department of Public Health.

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The class-action suit represented almost 32,000 residents who were getting negligent care from nursing home that are owned by Skilled HealthCare. The settlement was determined by the amount of hours that the state law requires each resident to receive in care each day. According to records, the nursing homes in this chain were much below this number for over five years.

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The fire began after a resident began smoking and suddenly became unconscious. The resident was unsupervised during the incident and the cigarette then began a fire that spread throughout the entire facility and killed three of the 120 residents.

Five of the employees at the nursing home are charged with elder abuse. Investigators found that the fire was not caught early because the fire alarms had been turned off and that this was negligence of people who do the upkeep of the building. This error gave the residents no warning of the fire that was spreading around them.

Elder abuse can have devastating effects on everyone involved, our thoughts are with the elderly victims in the accident.

Some of these citations include: failing to notify a doctor when a 90-year-old resident’s health worsened and failure to notify a doctor when a patients lab results were abnormal resulting in her death.

The home was also cited for not preventing maggots from a man’s wound on his scalp. The nursing home was added to a federal list of troubled nursing homes that need improvement in their quality of care. The nursing home can voluntarily surrender their license or contest the revocation.

If you or  a loved one has been the victim of negligent elderly care, contact the New Jersey nursing home abuse lawyers of Levinson Axelrod by calling 800-346-5529.

The suit stemmed from the death of 79-year-old tenant. The woman had mild dementia and she moved into the nursing home in March 2005. During her stay, the woman allegedly broke her hip in a fall and the injury went undiagnosed. Within days of the incident, the woman died of an infected bed sore.

According to information provided, jurors found the nursing home guilty of elder abuse. The nursing home disputed the charges and the results because they said the decision was based upon emotion and not facts.

Nursing home abuse is a difficult situation for elderly people and their families. Our thoughts are with the friends and family of the victim in the case.