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.
The Star Tribune reports that Saint Therese nursing home in New Hope, Minnesota has — again — failed to protect its residents from harm. The report discloses that hidden camera video evidence caught repeated instances of “brutal treatment” of the…
The Hill reports that Representatives Jan Schakowsky (Ill.) and Doris Matsui (Calif.) asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) why a March 2012 deadline to implement a provision of the Affordable Care Act has still not been met….
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has completed its investigation of abuse and neglect concerns at the Copperfield Hill Phase II assisted living facility in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. A complaint was filed with the Department alleging that a resident of the…
Police say medical aide stole pain pills at Somerset nursing facility A 26-year-old medical aide was arrested on March 26, 2014 on a warrant by state police and arraigned on charges that she took residents’ pain medication while working as…
According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, four residents of the state veteran’s home in Minneapolis died over the weekend from a possible outbreak of a highly contagious food borne illness that is particularly dangerous to the sick and elderly. The…
Mark Kosieradzki, a nation-wide educator on the rule of 30(b)(6)—A corporate designee deposition, taught his deposition techniques by speaking to experienced trial lawyers at the Minnesota Association for Justice convention on December 12, 2013. A deposition is used as an…
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has completed its investigation of theft concerns at the Edgewood Vista Hermantown assisted living facility near Duluth, Minnesota. A complaint was filed with the Department alleging that an employee of the Edgewood Vista Hermantown…
In 1999, the FDA partnered with various representatives from the hospital bed industry, national healthcare organizations, patient advocacy groups, and other federal agencies to form the Hospital Bed Safety Workgroup. The workgroup states its goal as improving “the safety of…
Nursing homes are required to provide and coordinate pharmaceutical services to meet each resident’s needs, and this includes a duty to provide accurate information to the pharmacy furnishing pharmaceutical services. When transmitting orders to the pharmacy, nursing homes have a…
