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One major challenge facing nursing homes is the treatment of the mentally ill. Many states have dismantled their mental health facilities. Patients that used to be in those facilities or who later develop untreatable mental health problems are often placed in nursing homes. However, nurses and CNAs ...

If the problems at a nursing home get bad enough, the state may investigate it for criminal neglect of the elderly or other criminal charges. The fallout from these investigations can lead to many lawsuits against the nursing home. One nursing home chain in Pennsylvania is in a lot of hot water for ...

Part of growing elderly is losing the capacity to do things that we used to do, even basic bodily functions like using the restroom on your own. There are various medical devices that assist the elderly in these most basic functions. One of the most common is the catheter, which assists with urinati...

Elder care abuse doesn't have to be physical or emotional. It can also be financial. Control over a person's accounts may fall to someone inside of the nursing home to ensure regular payment out of a retirement fund. Sometimes nursing staff get caught embezzling funds placed in their trust. One w...

Nursing homes don't only fear lawsuits, they also fear fines from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This is the government organization that administers these programs and ensures that nursing homes follow the standards of care requires by government. If they don't comply, they can rec...

The state of Illinois has taken a major step in protecting seniors in their state. They have signed a bill into law that allows residents of nursing homes to legally set up cameras and audio monitoring devices in their rooms. The legislation came about because the families of people in nursing ho...

Nursing homes face the risk of malpractice suits every day. If they keep a tight ship, maintain good records, and watch their staff and patients carefully, there is little to worry about. But many nursing homes are forcing people to sign arbitration agreements before allowing a new resident. An a...

The first thing that you can expect is that you are going to meet an actual attorney. We sit down with you so that we get to know you and you get to know us, and you feel comfortable with us. Second, we make sure that we go over all the important documents that you are going to need to sign. One ...

Transcript: Nursing home cases can be extremely complicated, very difficult, and expensive. So, first and foremost, Schenk Smith hits the ground running with all potential cases. One of the very first things we do is to request the complete medical records. We look through those records to see i...

  Transcript: I think it boils down to three main reasons why you should choose Schenk Smith as your law firm, versus any other Atlanta nursing home neglect and abuse lawyers. One, I have a vast amount of experience not only as an attorney litigating nursing home cases, but also working in...