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We expect the nursing homes and care facilities we place our loved ones in to give the best care possible. We also expect that the various companies that nursing homes and hospitals contract with to transport the elderly to and from their location to provide the same level of care. Mistakes can be m...

Ideally, we want to protect our loved ones from things like abuse and neglect. Especially our elderly loved ones who may fall prey to fraud and scams. Scammer and fraudsters are increasingly targeting a growing senior population. Yet, the Boston Globe reports on the ways that you can protect your el...

The Pocono Record reports that a family is suing a nursing home over the death of their father. The father was admitted to the home on what should have been a short-term stay. According to the lawsuit, the family alleges that the nursing home failed to give the care the elderly man required. Thos...

Elder loved ones are already at risk for so many health issues. They are also at risk for abuse and neglect. One kind of elder abuse that is on the rise is financial elder abuse. Forbes reports on the four risk factors for elder abuse to help you keep an eye out on an elderly loved one. A study c...

The Virginian Pilot reports that three employees are suing a nursing home because they did the right thing. Three nurse’s assistants previously employed at a Virginia nursing home are claiming that they were suspended and later fired to attempt to persuade them from reporting patient abuse to aut...

A family that sued the nursing home for the wrongful death of their mother received $5 million for their loss. The jury in the case of a 90-year-old woman with dementia who died after escaping the McKinleyville facility where she was staying awarded her family $5 million in damages on January 18t...

Take care when signing the paperwork to place yourself or a loved one in the care of a nursing home. Many contracts contain binding arbitration clauses, which basically say that the facility cannot be taken to court in the event of a dispute. These clauses include disputes regarding care and wrongfu...

Fraud is big business within the skilled nursing sector. Former President Obama’s administration put some key plans into place to combat this kind of fraud. These plans are expected to continue under Trump’s new administration. The plans that Trump’s administration is likely to preserve is the us...

A Florida nursing home, along with its parent company, are being sued for in the death of an 84-year-old resident. The resident was dropped three feet and suffered a head injury along with injuries to her legs and hips that eventually led to her death according to the lawsuit. Eleanor Rooney Corr...

An Augusta hospital, doctor, and nursing home are all named in a lawsuit filed by a woman on behalf of her brother’s estate. The lawsuit comes after her brother was taken from an Augusta nursing home to a local hospital. When discharged, instead of taking him back to the same nursing home, he was ta...