Former Nursing Home Caregivers Charged with Assault After Abuse Caught on Video
According to a local ABC13 news station, two former nursing home workers at Solidago Health and Rehabilitation in Texas City have been charged with assault following the abuse of a...
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...
Dehydration – A Silent Killer In Nursing Homes (part 2)
In our last article, we discussed how nursing homes that allow patients to become significantly dehydrated may be committing a form of silent patient neglect. In this article, we will...
Dehydration – A Silent Killer In Nursing Homes (part 1)
Dehydration is a form of nursing home neglect. Nursing home neglect can manifest itself in many in different ways. Studies have found that 1 out of every 3 nursing home...
Valparaiso Nursing Home Named In Wrongful Death Claim
Wrongful Death Claim filed with Indiana Department of Insurance VALPARAISO, IN– The family of a former patient of Valparaiso Care and Rehabilitation has filed a wrongful death claim against the...
What Nursing Home Employees Say About Neglect And Abuse
When we investigate a nursing home neglect claim, we don’t just want to know what happened, we want to know why it happened. Part of what we do is interview...
How Long Do You Have To Sue A Nursing Home?
Ask An Expert: How Long Do I Have To Sue A Nursing Home? A question we are often asked is: “how long do I have to sue a nursing home?” ...
Why Reporting Nursing Home Abuse Helps
When you are considering reporting nursing home abuse or neglect, know that your complaint can help in a number of important ways. When state investigators receive a complaint, they have significant...
Ask An Expert: How Common Is Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse?
Ask An Expert: How Common is Nursing Home Abuse? As an attorney who represents nursing home patients and their families, I am often asked the important question: “how...
Indiana Law Protecting Deadly Nursing Homes Challenged
ROCHESTER, IN– The family of a patient of Life Care Center of Rochester who died after suffering a serious head injury has filed a nursing home neglect and wrongful death...