Posted on July 29th, 2010
The Governor of Kentucky has created a task force that will review nursing home abuse cases in the state.
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.
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.
Posted on July 21st, 2010
A nursing home abuse lawsuit over the death of an elderly woman has ended with a jury in Polk County awarding the family $114 million.
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.
Posted on July 14th, 2010
An investigation is underway at a nursing home in Champaign County for the mistreatment of one of the nursing home residents. A local newspaper reports that a nursing home aide tried to move the resident and the resident suffered a cut that needed 24 stitches.
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.
If you or a loved one has suffered from nursing home negligence, contact the New Jersey nursing home abuse lawyers of Levinson Axelrod by calling 800-346-5529.
Posted on July 8th, 2010
A nursing home abuse case has come to an end with a $667 million verdict against multiple nursing homes that are owned by Skilled HealthCare that is based out of California.
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.
If you or a loved one has been the victim of nursing home abuse, contact the New jersey nursing home abuse lawyers of Levinson Axelrod, P.A. by calling 800-346-5529.
Posted on June 18th, 2010
Authorities in Illinois have started a process to revoke the license of a Chicago-area nursing home. This initiative comes after the nursing home received multiple citations of nursing home neglect.
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.
Posted on June 17th, 2010
A nursing home in Sacramento County, California has been ordered by a judge to pay $29.1 million in a lawsuit over nursing home abuse.
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.
Posted on June 11th, 2010
Officials say that a 44-year-old caregiver has been charged with second-degree murder after allegedly killing an Alzheimer’s patient after a heavy dose of morphine.
The 80-year-old woman was killed in February 2010 and the caregiver was indicted in early June. In addition, the woman is charged with felony abuse for the hospitalization of six patients.
Authorities began to investigate for possible abuse after patients tested positive for morphine. Officials think that morphine may have been given to the patients to make them more manageable.
Nursing home abuse can leave elderly people in a helpless situation, our condolences are with the friends and family of the victim.
Posted on June 4th, 2010
A woman filed a suit against a Caseyville Nursing Home and Rehabilitation center claiming that a man died because of the staff’s failure to treat the man appropriately.
The woman claims that the man was admitted into the nursing home in May 8, 2008, where he developed leg ischemia which is painful condition with non-healing wounds and gangrene. The man also suffered from a urinary tract infection and decubitus ulcers that stem from malnutrition and dehydration.
The man died on May 31, 2008. The woman filing the suit claims that the man’s death was caused from the injuries and that the staff performed many negligent acts.
If you or a loved one has been the victim of negligent nursing home care, contact the New jersey nursing home abuse lawyers of Levinson Axelrod, P.A. by calling 800-346-5529.
Posted on June 4th, 2010
A licensed practical nurse pleaded guilty to having sexual contact with a mentally incapacitated patient in a Rochester nursing home. According to court reports, the man plead guilty to a misdemeanor of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person.
For the misdemeanor, the nurse will serve nine months in jail with the possibility of being free in six months. The man was also charged with second-degree rape, but those charges were dropped.
If you or anyone you know has been a victim of nursing home abuse, contact the New Jersey nursing home abuse lawyers of Levinson Axelrod, P.A., at 800-346-5529.
Posted on May 28th, 2010
The Illinois Attorney General’s office conducted a sweep this week at the Golden Moments Senior Care Center in Jacksonville, Illinois. This is the 11th sweep of a nursing home in the state in the last few months, in an effort to clean up the state’s less than stellar nursing home record.
The nursing home was one wherein both elderly patients and convicted felons are housed, a sadly common state of affairs. Five former sex offenders are housed in the Golden Moments Senior Care center, and the nursing home was targeted for failing to provide risk assessments to the state for three of those five offenders.
Earlier this year, the nursing home was fined $50,000 in connection with the death of a 74-year-old resident who choked on food despite staffers’ knowledge of that possibility given the patient’s history. In 2009, the home was fined $20,000 for failing to keep residents from being mentally, verbally, and physically abused. Staff members were found to be slapping and bullying residents.
Nursing homes with a history of abuse need to be held accountable for their inaction if they do not fix their problems. If you or someone you love has been the victim of elderly abuse, contact the New Jersey nursing home abuse attorneys of Levinson Axelrod at 800-346-5529 as soon as possible.
