Nursing home abuse is an epidemic and our blog is designed to inform on nursing home abuse cases, nursing home abuse resources, and legal options for families of loved ones who have suffered from nursing home abuse or neglect.
Most of the first deaths in the United States from COVID-19 were of residents of a long-term care facility in Washington state. The federal government has issued new guidelines in an attempt to keep nursing home residents safe from COVID-19. The new federal guidelines, issued in a paper called a “guidance”, direct nursing homes to take action to prevent the spread of infection.
Golden Horizons Assisted Living is a care facility located in Aitkin county, Minnesota. Since 2014, the facility has had 5 different substantiated claims of either abuse or neglect of their residents. In July 2018, an investigation was started and concluded…
The Anoka Rehab & Living Center has 3 substantiated claims of abuse or neglect since 2013. In a report concluded in March 2018, a facility staff member stole narcotic medication intended for a resident for his or her personal use….
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has completed its investigation of neglect concerns at the Ebenezer Care Center, a nursing home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A complaint was filed with the MDH alleging that a resident was neglected when the nursing…
On the front page of today’s Star Tribune, investigative reporter Chris Serres questions the effectiveness of the Minnesota Department of Health’s commitment to protecting residents of Minnesota nursing homes. This is an issue that the Kosieradzki Smith Law Firm has been adamantly…
Meridian Behavioral Health, LLC, made the decision to hire “a recovering methamphetamine addict with an extensive criminal history — including a charge for engaging in prostitution” for “one of the largest chemical dependency treatment centers in the state” is the…
Today’s Star Tribune has a front-page article focusing on the dangers of forced arbitration clauses contained in nursing home and assisted living admission agreements. The article features a Kosieradzki Smith Law Firm case and Joel Smith (left). Investigative reporter Chris Serres warns:…
This past Monday morning, Joel Smith was in court in Austin, Minnesota, pursuing a punitive damages claim against the St. Mark’s Lutheran Home nursing home. The case involves an overdose of Fentanyl (a potent narcotic). The nurse who caused the…
Mark Kosieradzki and Joel Smith have reached a successful settlement of a significant wrongful death action against a St. Paul assisted living facility, Cerenity Residence on Humboldt. On a frozen November morning, a visitor looked outside through a second-floor window…
As reported in today’s Star Tribune, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has reversed its earlier decision regarding the death of resident at the Minnesota Veterans Home-Minneapolis nursing home. The MDH originally determined that the Minnesota Veterans Home-Minneapolis did not neglect the…
