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When you think of a nursing home, you naturally think of a place where the elderly and other people unable to completely care for themselves reside.   In many cases, a stay or a residence in a nursing home is a requirement.  However, there are some cases where people that do not necessarily need to ...

The elderly are at  risk for being victims of  many different kinds of abuse and neglect.  Even when care is taken in choosing a facility for our elderly loved ones, instances of this can still occur.  Financial elder abuse is one of the kinds of elder abuse that can happen. The former manager of...

Elder abuse is becoming too common an occurrence in today's society.  Elder abuse can take many forms, from verbal abuse to physical or sexual abuse, and can include financial abuse or neglect.  Sadly, many instances of elder abuse are perpetrated by the victim's own family members. An Oroville, ...

We try to select those who care for our elderly loved ones carefully.  Unfortunately, even being selective and careful cannot prevent all instances of elder abuse.  According to some statistics, elder abuse is on the rise.   A woman who testified against her caretaker in an elder abuse case passed ...

When it comes time to select a facility to care for our elderly loved ones, most people take the utmost care in this selection. They place their trust in nursing homes to care for loved ones that can no longer care for themselves. Unfortunately, sometimes abuse and neglect does occur at these facili...

With a rise in the population of the elderly has also come a rise in complaints and accusations of abuse and neglect against the facilities that care for this population. Many of these complaints give rise to lawsuits. Recently, a jury awarded what is believed to be a record amount in such a lawsuit...

Transcript: Another question that we often get is, “how do you calculate compensation in a nursing home neglect or abuse case.”  Compensation for injuries due to the negligence or abuse of a nursing home come in two forms: special damages and general damages. Damages are another word for ‘compensat...

Transcript: Potential clients often ask us who is responsible for paying for injuries suffered by their loved one at a nursing home. Almost 100% of the time, although the nursing home is responsible for the injury, the nursing home’s liability insurance provider will be the entity cutting the check...

Transcript: After your loved one has been injured in a Georgia nursing home or assisted living facility, one of the first things that you will want to do is investigate the circumstances of the injury. A good starting point in any such investigation is to obtain the medical records from the nursing...

Transcript: The use of restraints in nursing homes is very controversial. However, restraint use does occur. There are two types of restraints: physical restraints and their chemical restraints. There must be a doctor's order to use either one of these methods. Further, restraint is not somethin...