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Rising Tide of Elderly Veterans Stressing VA’s Nursing Care Systems
Within the next five years, more than a million veterans will age into eligibility for Veterans Administration publicly-funded nursing homes and alternative nursing services. The cost of this care could rise sharply to more than $10 billion annually, a nearly 50 percent increase over current costs of $6 billion per year, during the same period. … Continue reading Rising Tide of Elderly Veterans Stressing VA’s Nursing Care Systems
Are Bed Sores a Sign of Neglect?
After a great deal of deliberation, you have decided to move your loved one into a nursing home in the hopes that they will receive around-the-clock care. However, every time you visit, your loved one is suffering from a bedsore. Bedsores are one of the most common and frequent conditions to affect nursing home residents. … Continue reading Are Bed Sores a Sign of Neglect?
Billion-Dollar Medicare Fraud Case Focuses on Miami Nursing Homes
One of the largest Medicare fraud cases on record is currently underway in Florida, and it has assisted living facilities at its center. In 2016, FBI agents arrested Philip Esformes, owner of more than 30 Miami-area nursing and assisted living facilities, Odette Barcha, former director of outreach programs at Larkin Community Hospital in South Miami, … Continue reading Billion-Dollar Medicare Fraud Case Focuses on Miami Nursing Homes
Photo of Nursing Home Resident Slumped Over Desk Goes Viral
A viral photo of an elderly woman face-down in her pillow led to an inquiry at an Ohio nursing home, drawing attention to nursing home neglect nationwide. Local pastor Julia Wiggins posted a photo to Facebook last month showing 80-year-old nursing home resident Esther Brown slumped in her wheelchair at a desk with her face … Continue reading Photo of Nursing Home Resident Slumped Over Desk Goes Viral
Australia to Better Regulate Restraints in Nursing Homes
Australia will introduce new regulations about sedating or restraining nursing home residents, The Guardian reported. According to MSN, three national reports in the last 18 months have recommended the government regulate the use of restraints. In September, the BBC reported that Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced an inquiry into residential and in-home aged care. Unlike in … Continue reading Australia to Better Regulate Restraints in Nursing Homes
How to Pursue Nursing Home Wrongful Death Cases
Wrongful death is a civil case between the estate of a deceased nursing home patients and the facility that was entrusted to care for them. Beneficiaries of nursing home patients may pursue these charges if they feel the patient died unnecessarily of neglect, abuse or other actions. Cases where nursing home patients are receiving such … Continue reading How to Pursue Nursing Home Wrongful Death Cases
Bed Sore Lawyer and Nursing Home Liability
Bed sores are some of the most common and pervasive ailments to beset nursing homes and their patients across the country. They are dangerous for elderly people as they lead to infection, sepsis and even death. Because nursing home residents are vulnerable, nursing home staff and medical professionals are legally obliged to act quickly and … Continue reading Bed Sore Lawyer and Nursing Home Liability
Minnesota May Soon Allow Cameras in Nursing Homes
Earlier this month, a Minnesota Senate panel approved a new bill that would allow the use of electronic monitoring devices inside nursing home and assisted living facility rooms. The bill, which is meant to prevent maltreatment, was proposed amid a rise in complaints of elder abuse, The Star Tribune reported. According to Pioneer Press, the newspaper … Continue reading Minnesota May Soon Allow Cameras in Nursing Homes
Families Face Nursing Home Costs of Over $100,000 Per Year
The average private room in a nursing home costs over $100,000 a year according to a new study from Genworth. If that’s not shocking enough, a little-known legal doctrine in about half of U.S. states, called filial support laws, could hold the children of nursing home patients responsible for the long-term care bills. People who … Continue reading Families Face Nursing Home Costs of Over $100,000 Per Year
Daughter Says Hospital Left Mother with Alzheimer’s Locked Out in Middle of the Night
It’s every concerned daughter’s worst nightmare. Costanza Genoese Zerbi reportedly did what she could to provide the best possible care for her 84-year-old mother who started to show signs of Alzheimer’s dementia a year ago. Still, it wasn’t enough to protect her mother from exposure and endangerment. Zerbi placed her mother, Savina Genoese Zerbi, in … Continue reading Daughter Says Hospital Left Mother with Alzheimer’s Locked Out in Middle of the Night