In July 2015, Minnesota launched a statewide abuse reporting hotline for vulnerable adults in nursing homes, hospitals and other state-licensed facilities. Two-years later, MN DOH regulators cannot keep up. The St. Louis nursing home neglect attorneys at Hoffman & Gelfman want you to know some relevant facts, so you can protect your loved ones from […]
Placing a loved one in a nursing home is never an easy decision. Families have every right to expect that their parents or grandparents will be well taken care of. Unfortunately, they’re often not. According to a recent Yahoo News article, this problem might be more widespread than most people think. The nursing home neglect […]
For the family who is faced with the decision to place a loved one into a nursing home, there’s no denying that it’s a hard choice to make. They do so with the utmost trust in the facility that they’ve chosen, but a recent article on the CNN website is enough to cause many to […]
Placing a loved one in a nursing home is a decision that many people wrestle with. Oftentimes, it’s a choice they have to make because they don’t have any other alternative. Unfortunately, nursing home neglect is a growing problem, and according to a recent news article, two residents died within months of each other at […]
One of the hardest things to do is place someone you love in a nursing home. However, all across the State of Minnesota, families have to make this decision every day. Most of the time, it’s because they have a family member who needs the kind of care that isn’t available any other way. For […]
Finding out that your parent has been abused and neglected while under the care of medical professionals in a nursing home is every child’s nightmare. According to a recent CBS news article, a large west coast nursing home chain is being scrutinized for neglect and abuse of its patients. Serious questions arose when a woman’s […]
Nursing home neglect comes in all shapes and sizes. Most of the time, it is seen in the form of physical neglect because of patients being treated poorly by staff. However, there are times when the staff members of nursing homes actually take full advantage of the mental states of their residents, and cash in […]
In 2015, the idea that nursing home video surveillance cameras should be installed in patients’ rooms sounded like a good one to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Now, with the start of 2016, nursing home patients in the State of Illinois have the option to have video cameras to ensure their safety and to be […]
In today’s society, there is more demand to work longer, harder hours. Often, places are understaffed and overworked. This can be true of nursing homes. As a result, abuse and neglect of the elderly can increase, making the stay in the nursing home unpleasant and frightening. Things can change and residents of nursing homes can take […]
When you make the decision to let someone else care for your aging loved one, there are many things to consider. The reputation of the person or facility usually tops the list of things you look at before deciding which route to take. Often times, especially with those places with good reputations, neglect and abuse is not […]
