A new study suggests that the risk of premature death among older adults who suffer abuse is more than double that of seniors who live free of ill treatment. The study from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The Rush University study was in-depth. Researchers [...]

Jury Awards 7.5M In Nursing Home Abuse Case. When the family of a 71 year old stroke victim in a nursing home noticed bruises and complained to management, management failed to respond.  So the family set up a hidden video camera on a side table in her room.  The camera caught a care worker slapping the resident, [...]

A recent 54.5M award against a health services company shows that jurors will award large amounts in order to punish bad conduct by nursing and residential care homes.  A resident who could not speak or perform daily functions on his own was raped while in the care of a New Mexico group home, probably by [...]

1.  Does the resident show signs of physical abuse or accident that are unexplained?  These signs include brusing, abrasions, cuts or other signs of intentional or accidental bodily injury.  While it is not unusual for a nursing home resident to suffer accidental injury and not all accidents reflect abuse or neglect, the nursing home staff [...]

Ben Gideon recently published an article on how to identify and evaluate a nursing home case involving pressure ulcers.  Below is an excerpt.  To read the full article, click here: http://www.bermansimmons.com/article_detail.php?id=67 Here’s the scenario. Susan is your long-time client.  She is a pleasant woman in her fifties.  One day she comes to see you and [...]