When a family brings a loved one to a nursing home, they are placing an immense amount of trust in the long-term care facility and its staff to provide exceptional care and attention, as well as dignity and respect.  When this trust is broken, and an elderly individual suffers a significant injury, psychological abuse, or read more...

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced sweeping nursing home reform legislation designed to increase transparency, hold nursing home operators accountable for misconduct. The New Legislation will focus on: Increasing transparency through measures requiring the posting of provider rates, identifying facility owners, disclosing contracts and agreements that rely on Medicaid or Medicare funds, and including information about staff, read more...

A CNY nursing home didn’t call cops after sex offender abused resident 3 separate times. Oswego, N.Y. nursing home did not call police after a registered sex offender living in the facility repeatedly sexually abused a female resident suffering from dementia, according to the state. Pontiac Nursing Home in Oswego failed to consistently monitor the read more...

In most instances, the staff quality of a nursing home will be the single most important factor in determining whether a loved one is at risk of injury. With the current low employment, many nursing homes and care facilities are finding that it is increasingly difficult to find competent employees (at least at the wages read more...

Is your loved one’s home on the list? See the complete list of troubled New York Nursing Homes. read more...

Learn how a family is seeking justice for a humiliating video allegedly posted on Snapchat, and what you can do if a loved one is being exploited on social media while in a nursing home. read more...

Nursing homes and assisted living centers have a legal duty to keep residents safe, and to maintain their dignity.  Unfortunately, nursing homes  often fail to fulfill these duties, which can result in injury or even death to residents. One tragic circumstance of nursing homes failing to protect residents occurs when nursing homes fail to keep read more...

Nursing home abuse is not an accident. It is the result of understaffing, putting profits over resident care, a lack of training, and a lack of proper systems. read more...

I’m writing today to let you know about important legislation being considered by Congress – legislation that would severely limit the damages available if you or your family members are injured or killed as the result of a nursing home neglect or a medical mistake. This legislation – deceptively known as the “Protecting Access to read more...

Recently the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid announced some very important, and long overdue, requirements designed to protect residents of nursing homes and care facilities from being exploited on social media through the posting of degrading videos, pictures, and audio.  I blogged about these new rules and requirements here. While these rules and regulations were read more...