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A decision by the Florida state Supreme Court may set the precedent about nursing home lawsuits going through arbitration. On September 22, the court said that regarding a lawsuit brought about due to injuries suffered by a nursing home patient did not need to go through arbitration. The case,...

A nursing home facing numerous financial problems saw its staff dipping into their own pockets to buy food for the residents. The home was part of a group that was in rapid financial free-fall, its owner facing numerous lawsuits over unpaid debt and criminal domestic violence charges. Benchmark H...

A Columbus, Ohio nursing home is facing closure. The state health department may soon revoke the facility’s license. Regency Manor Rehabilitation and Subacute Center is allegedly facing more than a dozen health and safety violations. This is according to records obtained this month. The list o...

More nursing home aides are in legal trouble after taking demeaning pictures and video with residents. This comes after a government announcement regarding a crackdown on nursing home policies regarding social media abuse of residents. 21-year-old Mathew Reynolds and 28-year-old Angel Rood had been...

The Federal government has entered into a lawsuit against the owner of several nursing homes, alleging fraud. Vanguard Healthcare, LLC is accused of submitting false claims to Medicare and Tenncare. The nursing homes then failed to provide its residents with even the most basic of care.According to ...

A man and a woman are facing numerous serious charges in the death of the woman’s mother. The prosecution plans to use a boy’s statement of “You killed my grandma” as evidence in the case. 34-year-old Peter Shoemaker, Jr., and 33-year-old Lisa Nelson are charged with homicide, conspiracy, and num...

Recently, it was reported that some of the abuse suffered by residents in nursing homes are inflicted not by staff, but by other residents. This was proven to be the case in a recent incident at a Buffalo nursing home, although the facility is rated poorly on a government website. On Friday, Augu...

ITN Article 9.6.2016 – Schenk SmithA recent study done by the University of Chicago Medical center found that 40% of heat-related fatalities occurred in the elderly. The ability to notice changes in body temperature decreases with age, leaving the elderly vulnerable during periods of high temperatur...

Transcript: Bedsores can and do lead to life threatening infections in nursing home residents. Bedsores, also called pressure ulcers or decubitus ulcers, are an injury caused by prolonged pressure to the skin. Pressure inhibits blood circulation to the underlying area and as a result, tissue and...

Transcript: Every nursing home is required to assess each resident’s risk for development of bedsores. Once that assessment is made, the facility is required to execute a plan of prevention. When the nursing home fails either to conduct an assessment, or to provide adequate preventative measures, t...