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Nursing homes and care facilities take responsibility for their residents.  At times, these facilities can be understaffed, making providing adequate care to all residents an impossibility.  When this leads to abuse or neglect, these facilities can find themselves facing a lawsuit. After his deat...

Nursing homes, like all other medical facilities, must remain compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).  This act protects the privacy of patients receiving care in a medical facility.  Unfortunately, some facilities fail to protect their residents and must face...

It was recently reported that as many as one in five, or 20% of nursing home patients suffer abuse not at the hands of staff, but from other residents.  This unfortunate statistic has many people concerned.  It can end in tragedy as it did in one nursing home in Jacksonville, Florida. An intellec...

Financial abuse is one of the many kinds of abuse that the elderly can suffer at the hands of caretakers.  This kind of abuse can range from simply conning an elderly person out of money or it can be outright theft from the elderly person.  When these actions take place in care facilities, they can ...

When one thinks of nursing home abuse, they usually think of the abuse as being perpetrated by a staff member.  This is not always the case.  A new study indicates that as much as 20% of nursing home abuse is perpetrated by another resident. Senior author Karl Pillemer was surprised by the result...

Transcript: When a nursing home or assisted living facility abuses or neglects a resident, which causes that resident’s injury or death, then that facility is responsible and liable to the resident for the harms caused. This is the basis of nursing home abuse and neglect lawsuits in Georgia. How...

Transcript: Under Georgia law and Federal regulations, nursing homes are required to care for their residents in a reasonably prudent manner in all activities, from feeding, to cleaning, to providing mediations. When a nursing home falls below these standards, and as a result, a resident is injured...

Transcript: Nursing homes are obligated under the law to treat our eldest loved ones with dignity and respect. When a nursing home employee fails to act in a reasonable manner when carrying out his or her duties, and as a result, your loved one is seriously injured or killed, then you may have a wr...

Transcript: Nursing homes and assisted living facilities owe a duty of care to their residents and are obligated under the law to act with care and compassion. When nursing home staff breaches this duty, and as a result, your loved one is gravely injured or is killed, then you may have a claim agai...

Transcript: No nursing home can prevent every fall that may occur. However, all nursing homes are required to reduce the risk of fall injuries by assessing the risks to each resident. This assessment will govern the types of precautions that the nursing home may take to lessen the likelihood of a f...