Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect Defense

A lawsuit against your nursing home can cause you significant financial damages and seriously tarnish your business reputation. When people hear about claims of nursing home abuse or neglect, they may automatically assume the nursing home is at fault. This is somewhat...

Abuse of elderly patients is one of the most common forms of nursing home neglect, yet even experienced administrators have difficulty spotting instances of patient abuse by their staff. Understanding the various forms of elder abuse and being alert to various warning...

It is all too easy for a long-term care facility to be sued by a resident. These lawsuits can be financially damaging, and they can negatively impact your business’ reputation as well. Fortunately, there are ways you can proactively address problematic situations,...

New York residents working in nursing homes have a great deal of responsibility. People trust nursing home staff to take care of their loved ones when they can no longer take care of themselves. As a nursing home worker, you are held to a high standard of care when it...

People in New York nursing homes are there because they need to have care that their families are not be able to provide them. Putting a loved one in a nursing home is never an easy thing to do, but most of the time it is the right decision, and the person is well...

A medical procedure can go wrong for many reasons, some of which are not preventable. However, New York patients and families who are looking for someone to blame after a procedure goes wrong may accuse the hospital, as well as the physicians, surgeons, nurses, and...

Since early 2020, government oversight of nursing homes was focused on infection disease and its control like the rest of the country. But the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced that it instructed state surveyors on addressing...

When a nursing home has injured or harmed a loved one because of nursing home or abuse and neglect, family members should know what they can do. A personal injury claim for damages may be able to help protect them but family members need to be familiar with when a...

In order for the number of nursing home abuse cases to decrease or stop altogether, it's important for family members, workers and legal representatives in New York to understand some of the causes of abuse. Sometimes, the type of abuse that occurs depends on the care...