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When a loved one lives in a nursing home, the staff must prioritize their health and well-being. Bedsores often signal a breakdown in care. These injuries often mean staff have ignored essential medical attention and supervision. What causes bedsores in nursing homes...
When a loved one is in a nursing home, you trust the staff to provide care. But abuse and neglect can happen. Understanding the difference is key to identifying problems and protecting your loved ones. What is nursing home abuse? Abuse occurs when a staff member...
Nursing home negligence is a serious concern that can have dire consequences for residents. Families trust these facilities to provide their loved ones with safe, respectful, and professional care. Recognizing the signs of negligence is crucial to ensuring the...
Most New Yorkers have probably never heard of the state long-term care ombudsman. This position was created in response to a command to each state in the federal Older Americans Act to provide protection for people confined to nursing homes, long-term care facilities,...
If your loved one has been injured in a nursing home, then you deserve answers. Given your loved one’s vulnerabilities, they deserve to be treated in the safest fashion possible, and you should be advised when something goes wrong and they end up hurt. In far too many...
When families in southern New York or northern Pennsylvania make the difficult decision to help a loved one move into a nursing home, they expect their loved one to be safe and well cared for. While most nursing homes genuinely try to keep their patients safe,...
Most of us with loved ones in a nursing home assume the facility has enough staff to care for residents, but unfortunately this is not always the case. One recent lawsuit exemplifies the tragedy brought about by nursing home abuse and neglect resulting from...
In New York state, a key to nursing home residents receiving proper care and being in a safe environment may hinge on the proper staff being in place. Hiring the wrong people or not having a full staff to care for the residents’ needs can cause a litany of problems....
As the population in the United States lives longer, there are greater numbers of elderly people in nursing homes. After you shopped around to find the best nursing home possible for your loved one, you hope they are living in a facility where they are treated well,...
Nursing homes frequently have complaints lodged against them because of negligence, abuse or other errors that injure their residents. Unfortunately, family members of the residents often don't know about these problems until they see injuries on their loved ones,...
