Category Archives: Nursing home abuse and neglect

Elderly Fall Injuries in Nursing Homes

Elderly falls and resulting injuries are common in many nursing homes. Results of these falls -->

Wrongful Death in Nursing Homes

Generally, a wrongful death occurs when a person dies as a result of the negligent -->

Will New Nursing Home Requirements Make a Difference for our Country’s 1.4 Million Nursing Home Residents?

When the New York Times asked experts how they would grade the quality of our -->

Improving Conditions for Nursing Home Residents

Recent changes made to federal nursing home rules could very well result in a better -->

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 -->

News Station Brings Deplorable Nursing Home Conditions to Light

Several months ago 7 Eyewitness News launched an investigation into area hospitals after receiving a -->

Forced Arbitration and Nursing Home Abuse: An Update

Very recently the Centers of Medicaid and Medicare proposed a rule banning forced arbitration in -->

Upstate New York Nursing Home Could Have Potentially Prevented Abuse

The results of a recent inspection report from an Oswego Nursing home, where residents were -->

Is Your Elderly Loved One’s Nursing Home on This List?

In New York State there is a list, known as the “Do Not Refer” list -->

Negligence of Nursing Home Staff Likely Contributed to Resident Death

On Friday, September 2nd a fight broke out at a Buffalo Nursing home between two -->

Nursing Home Residents at Risk of Exploitation

On August 5th the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a troubling memo to -->

Healthcare Focus on Increasing Profits, Elderly Forgotten

Did you know more that 1/3 of elderly dementia patients suffer some form of psychological -->

Identifying Nursing Home Abuse and Nursing Home Neglect

If you have a loved one in a Nursing Home you should consider familiarizing yourself -->

CT Nursing Home Fined After Resident’s Death

A North Haven, Connecticut Nursing home is facing fines after a patient fell and later -->

Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect: Federal, State, and Local officials take action

A report released by State Comptroller Thomas D. Napoli early this year confirmed the fears -->

What’s being done to protect the elderly?

In a recent report released by State Comptroller Thomas D. Napoli major deficiencies in the -->

The Fight to End Forced Arbitration by Nursing Homes Continues

A pivotal case is underway that could have a huge impact on the victim’s of -->

Nursing Home Resident’s Privacy & Dignity Violated

Nursing home abuse is often difficult to detect due to a number of reasons. Abused -->

Our Response to a Shocking Report on New York Nursing Homes

Late last month the state published findings collected in New York State nursing homes between -->

Medicare cracks down on Standards for Nursing Home Care.

Last week saw the star rating of almost a third of the nation’s nursing home -->