Blog: Nursing Home Negligence

Given the number of older people who have encountered the need to move into assisted living centers or to acquire in-home care so that their daily needs can be met and so that they can be kept safe, more and more problems have arisen with regards to issues that include nursing home abuse and nursing […]

There are many different ways that someone can be mistreated while living in an assisted living facility, and there are also warning signs that tend to appear when someone is suffering from such an experience. Below is a brief overview of one of those warning signs – unexplained weight loss. Anyone who suspects that a […]

There are many problems that can arise in assisted living facilities that can lead to legal actions based on claims of neglect. One of those all-too-common problems involves the development and persistence of unsanitary conditions. Below you will find a brief overview of what this situation tends to involve and how people can be harmed […]

There are many different signs of mistreatment that can arise when someone is living in an assisted living center, and one of the telltale signs of neglect or even abuse in certain situations is the appearance of bed sores. Below you will find a brief overview of what bed sores are, how they develop, and […]

Unfortunately, proper medical care and management is not always provided in assisted living centers, and people can suffer immensely and even in some cases lose their lives because of this form of negligence. Below you will find a brief overview of how the duties imposed on these facilities can be breached in a medical sense. […]

Unfortunately, the problems with substandard care in assisted living facilities have become prevalent enough that there are certain forms of neglect that are more common than others. Below you will find a brief overview of some examples of these common types of mistreatment that tend to occur so that you can be aware of them if you […]

Most people would react strongly to the revelation that there was a potentially correctable problem in the United States that led to more than $8 billion in losses. Most people would react strongly to the realization that an older person that they know was being physically, emotionally, sexually or even financially abused. Most would not […]