Nursing Home Fractures
In Pennsylvania and New Jersey, nursing home fractures from falls account for a disproportionate amount of avoidable injuries. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than 35 percent of nursing home injuries that bring patients to emergency rooms are...
Four Arrested in Hurricane Irma Nursing Home Deaths
RE: Nursing Home Deaths: Neglect and False Charting Played a Role, Says Police Chief According to an article by ABC news, four employees of a south Florida nursing home were arrested last week in connection with the deaths of 12 elderly residents who perished from...
Major National TV Stations Pick Up Attorney Brian Murphy’s Wrongful Death Press Releases
Trade publications and online news sites also utilize Murphy’s Philadelphia nursing home abuse and neglect press releases. WZVN-TV ABC-7 is one of several national television stations to feature Brian P. Murphy’s press release concerning elder dehydration as a cause...
Fatal Fungus and Other Drug-Resistant Germs Thrive in Nursing Homes
Sub-par care and poor staffing are to blame, say health officials. Skilled nursing homes and long-term care facilities are taking on a progressively larger role in the care of seriously ill patients who previously would have had prolonged hospital stays. According to...
Know the Facts Before Signing Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements
A Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement May Put Your Loved One’s Rights at Risk When a beloved family member is a victim of nursing home abuse or neglect, family members want to hold nursing homes accountable. But when they bring their grievances to light, the nursing...
Hundreds of Florida Nursing Homes Unprepared for Dorian
Elder Care Facilities Fail to Meet State Regulations for Hurricane Preparedness According to an article by NBC news, as Florida entered Labor Day weekend bracing for the potential impact of Hurricane Dorian upon its eastern coast, hundreds of the state’s nursing homes...
Nursing Home Chain Collapses Following Unchecked Growth
Short Funds and Mismanagement Result in Neglect, Displacement of Elderly Residents Nursing Home Chain Collapses In a report last week, NBC News revealed details about its investigation that a nursing home chain collapses. It was one that grew at a precipitous rate...
HUD-backed Nursing Homes & Neglect
Lack of Regulation Puts Nursing Home Resident Safety at Stake HUD-backed Nursing Homes & Neglect - Do they promote it? According to a June report by The New York Times, several of this country’s most poorly-run nursing homes have mortgages insured against default...
False Charting
The Dangerous—and Sometimes Deadly— Practice of False Charting The Less Visible Side of Elder Abuse Medical charting—the regular logging of a patient’s condition and treatment—is a fundamental element of resident care in nursing homes. Accurate patient records not...
Death of McMaster, Sr. Linked to Nurse Neglect
There has been a disturbing development in the investigation into the death of H.R. McMaster, Sr., father of the former national security advisor to President Donald Trump, at Cathedral Village, a Philadelphia senior living care facility. Death of McMaster, Sr. linked...
H.R. McMaster Death Philadelphia
Cathedral Village H.R. McMaster Death Philadelphia Care Facility In April of 2018, CNN reported that the father of H.R. McMaster, former national security advisor to President Donald Trump, died of blunt impact head trauma at Cathedral Village, a continuing care...
Nuedexta Use in Nursing Homes
According to a CNN analysis of Nuedexta prescription by doctors for nursing home residents, thousands of doctors (approximately half) received some sort of perk, either in the form of monetary payment or other compensation by the pharmaceutical company to promote...