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Nursing Homes Elder Abuse Wrongful Death

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Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - August 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a terrible toll on residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities nationwide. Federal and state regulators have bungled their response, failing to safeguard residents. Governors...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

The Law on Nursing Home Injuries in North Carolina

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There are more than 15,600 nursing homes in the United States, according to the most recent statistics. And more than 1.3 million residents live in these facilities. Most nursing homes provide excellent care to elderly or...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Was a Florida Nursing Home Tragedy Avoidable?

Too many patients and not enough nurses, CNA’s or other care givers to properly treat them. Patients crying for assistance from too few staff. Tragically, patients die or are critically ill because someone wanted to...more

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Protecting Vulnerable Adults While Protecting Their Physicians – A Proposed Statutory Amendment

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The Arizona Supreme Court’s recent decision in Delgado v. Manor Care of Tucson AZ, LLC, subjects health care providers to liability for ordinary negligence under the Adult Protective Services Act. This decision therefore...more

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Nursing homes barred from hiding patient harms behind a dubious legal shield

A 100-year-old woman is strangled by her roommate, but a lawsuit against the nursing home gets blocked from court. Another nursing home dodges a suit when a 94-year-old patient suffers an unexplained and fatal head wound. An...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

West Virginia Supreme Court- Medical Power of Attorney Does Not Have Power to Make Binding Legal Decisions for Incapacitated...

In May, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia issued a decision in the Wanda Williams v. CMO Management, LLC case. Robert Thompson suffered from Alzheimer’s disease and resided at a nursing facility preceding his...more

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