One common fear of living in a nursing home is the fear of being over-drugged by staff into such a state that we are no longer ourselves.  This situation is sometimes referred to as being “chemically restrained” – a resident is being given drugs so that they can be easier to handle. In the past, read more...

In a recent blog posting, I noted the dangers posed against some nursing home residents not by nursing home staff, but by other residents.  Residents who have known psychiatric conditions who tend to act violently pose a special threat against other residents.  Tragically, a recent event in Florida illustrates this threat. In June, the Jacksonville, read more...

When we think of nursing home abuse, perhaps the first thing that comes to mind may be an undertrained, uncaring staff member who may verbally abuse a resident or be rough on the resident when moving the resident from a wheelchair to a bed.  Certainly, these incidents, and much worse, occur from staff members. What read more...

Jean Peters installed a granny cam in her 85-year-old mother’s bedroom. She then watched as her mother was ridiculed by a nursing aide at York Gardens, a senior home in Edina, MN. The aide in the video can be seen repeatedly harassing the women calling her a “grown-a** adult” and tugging violently on her clothes.[1] read more...

A San Diego nursing home investigator turned whistleblower alleges that she was ordered to close cases prematurely by her supervisors at the State of California’s Department of Health. The investigator’s suit alleges discrimination after three of her supervisors discouraged her from seeking treatment for severe carpal tunnel syndrome, denied reasonable accommodation for such condition, and read more...

A recent ProPublica article identified over three dozen incidents since 2012 where nursing home residents’ dehumanizing or degrading photographs were posted to social media sites. In some of these photographs, the residents were partially or completely naked. 16 incidents involved the social media site, Snapchat, where a photo appears and then disappears within a few read more...

According to the New York State Comptroller, New York needs to change how it fines nursing homes in violation of state law.  Currently the laws are failing to protect some of the most vulnerable in society, the elderly. New York has a large elderly population living in nursing homes, with more than 95,000 of citizens read more...

As New York nursing home lawyers, many of the injury and neglect cases we see could easily have been prevented with adequately trained staff.  Pressure sores, or bed sores as they are more commonly called, usually fall into this category. What are pressure sores? Pressure sores are injuries to the skin that develop when they read more...

Entrusting the care of a parent or loved one to a nursing home or care facility is not easy.  Typically it takes hours of research and visits to nursing homes and care facilities before a decision can be made. Most nursing homes and care facilities work hard to win our trust. They tell us that read more...