How Common Is Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect?
Introduction All nursing homes that receive Medicare funding (i.e., virtually all of them) explicitly agree and promise to help every resident “attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental and...
Why Bother Suing Negligent Nursing Homes?
Attorneys who handle nursing home negligence cases are often asked this question: “Why bother suing nursing homes?” After all, they say, the patients there are already old and sick with...
6 Ways Nursing Homes Exploit Patients Through Admission Agreements
Nursing homes are required to have admission agreements for their residents. These agreements define the rights and responsibilities of both the facility and the resident, as well as provide information...
Nursing Home Patient Rights: Understanding Your Protections
The Significance of Nursing Home Patient Rights As a nursing home patient, you have the legal right to receive high-quality care and to be treated with dignity and respect. These...
How Long Do You Have to File a Lawsuit Against a Nursing Home in Indiana?
Unfortunately, Indiana nursing homes have long ranked among the worst in the U.S., and far too many patients are neglected and abused. When nursing home corporations do not fulfill their...
How to Select an Indiana Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer
If you or a loved one was abused or neglected by a nursing home, you should strongly consider seeking the help of an experienced nursing home abuse lawyer without delay....
11 Common Warning Signs Of Nursing Home Understaffing
Ensuring nursing homes are adequately staffed is essential for providing quality care to residents, and preventing nursing home neglect. Unfortunately, nursing homes across the country suffer from understaffing and neglect...
Is Your Nursing Home Taking Necessary Steps To Ensure Patient Safety?
Nursing home care is an essential part of our healthcare system. Families need a safe, comfortable environment for elderly family members who may be unable to live independently or are...
Greed, Understaffing, Lies, and the Nursing Home Industry
Recent news accounts have served as stark reminders for nursing home patients, families of patients, and everyone else that the nursing home industry is corrupted by a culture which brazenly...
Dehydration in Nursing Homes – Important Signs and Symptoms
In our last two articles, we have discussed how dehydration is a silent form of neglect (and sometimes abuse) in nursing homes, and how dehydration is associated with understaffing and...