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Nursing Home Abuse/Neglect FAQs in Delaware

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1. What are the signs of nursing home abuse or neglect in Delaware? Signs of nursing home abuse and neglect can vary, but common indicators include physical injuries like bruises, cuts, or bedsores; sudden weight loss;...more

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Reputation Management Is Key in a Competitive Senior Living Marketplace

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When a man’s family placed a hidden camera in his senior living residence, it came as a startling surprise to the provider. While the company has a policy against surreptitiously videotaping employees, management could not...more

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Can You Sue for Nursing Home Injuries Due to Falls and Other Accidents?

Abuse and neglect at nursing homes are longstanding problems. Some of the most common nursing home injuries are also among the problems that can leave the families of residents with a lot of questions. ...more

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What are the warning signs of nursing home abuse or neglect?

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Nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation centers, assisted living facilities, and in-home elder care services are used by many families trying to provide care for their parents, grandparents, and other loved...more

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What is Nursing Home Abuse or Neglect?

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The statistics about nursing home neglect or abuse are jarring: a national survey of nursing home staff reported that a total of 36% of nursing home residents say that they witnessed a minimum of one incident of physical...more

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Don’t Let the Fear of Losing Your Home to Medicaid Contribute to Elder Abuse

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As we reflect on the close of World Elder Abuse Awareness Month, we wanted to share some information on this important issue. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines elder abuse as an intentional act, or...more

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Elder Care Facilities and Nursing Homes Putting Patients at Risk - Long Before Coronavirus

Long before Covid-19 ravaged nursing homes, the long-term care industry had an infection control problem. On March 4, 2020 in response to the coronavirus, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it...more

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DOJ Launches New Task Force Targeting Nursing Homes that Provide “Grossly Substandard Care”

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On March 3, 2020 the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the launch of a new task force, the “National Nursing Home Initiative”, to enhance civil and criminal efforts to pursue nursing homes that provide...more

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California Assisted Living Residents Are Vulnerable to Financial Elder Abuse

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As our population ages, more of our seniors are moving into assisted living facilities. The number of such facilities has nearly tripled over the past two decades, with construction of memory care units the fastest-growing...more

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Grim way to increase nursing home profit: Toss out frail seniors and disabled

Profit-hungry nursing home operators persist in throwing out vulnerable seniors and disabled patients from needed care, too often because the facilities find they can get higher-paying patients to fill their already costly...more

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Checks, Please! Endorsed by Gillibrand, PROTECTS Act Would Allow Nursing Homes Access to Key Background Screening

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Recent reports of abuse in nursing homes are not only disturbing; they also shed light on the difficulties that long-term care (LTC) facilities face in screening potential health care workers. We believe background screenings...more

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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

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May is National Elder Law Month

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Where the month of May celebrates mothers and the Kentucky Derby, the month of May has also been designated as National Elder Law month. This designation was coined by the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), a...more

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Case by case, constitutional rights are lost to corporations and forced arbitration

When older Americans suffer major injury or illness, their loved ones may find themselves under the gun, making expensive and complex decisions about their care. They’re likely to be slammed, too, with stacks of paperwork...more

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Medical professionals required to report suspected elder abuse, neglect or exploitation

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Effective September 29, 2018, medical professionals in Ohio, including physicians and nurses, are required to report suspected elder abuse, neglect or exploitation. Ohio Revised Code 5101.63, which creates a duty to report...more

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You Should Know - September 2018

Perfect Storm Jeopardizes Safety of Older Adults - The prevalence of elder abuse in both institutional and inhome care settings appears to be rising due to a perfect storm of circumstances. First, the number of Americans...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Is there any excuse for Elder Abuse? NO!

Nursing Home Abuse comes in all forms - Another horror story unfolded at a nursing home in Boynton Beach, Fla., where a 67-year-old woman with dementia was duct-taped to a chair by her caretakers. Her caretakers,...more

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1 Incident Too Many — Crime in Nursing Homes

Don’t Ignore Elder Abuse - Nursing-home nightmares continue to plague the country, from California to Texas to Minnesota to Pennsylvania. But perhaps no other state is as impacted by the abuse, neglect and robbery of the...more

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Elder Abuse: Are Granny Cams A Solution, A Compliance Burden, Or Both?

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In Minnesota, 97% of the 25,226 allegations of elder abuse (neglect, physical abuse, unexplained serious injuries and thefts) in state-licensed senior facilities in 2016 were never investigated. This prompted Minnesota...more

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Elder Abuse: Who is doing it?

When the time comes that an aging family member needs full-time care, or more care than he or she is receiving, most eyes turn to a daughter or a son, or depending on the circumstances, a grandchild. Often, employment...more

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Elder Abuse: Signs, Symptoms You Can Identify

The mistreatment of the aged is a societal ill that, sadly, is unlikely to be cured soon. The statistics tell the story. By 2025, the global population of seniors (defined as those age 60 and older) will reach 1.2 billion....more

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Elder Abuse: Awareness Day Aims To End It

Neglect of the elderly, an all-too-often occurrence in nursing homes and other community settings, will take center stage June 15, 2017, during World Elder Abuse Awareness Day....more

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CMS Cracks Down On Social Media Abuse By Nursing Home Staff

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On August 5th the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a memorandum to all state survey agencies requiring that during the next standard survey of a nursing home, whether a Traditional or Quality Indicator...more

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Nursing Home Reporting of Reasonable Suspicion of a Crime in a Long Term Care Facility

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Nursing facilities, skilled nursing facilities, hospices that provide services in long term care facilities and independent living facilities that provide services for the developmentally disabled ("facilities") are required...more

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