Close

Articles Posted in Nursing Home Abuse

Updated:

Elder Abuse—a Rampant Problem in Nursing Homes

Elder abuse, as our Baltimore nursing home abuse attorneys have reported in a related Maryland elder abuse blog, is a term used to refer to any treatment by nursing home staff, a health care provider, or any other person that is negligent, intentionally causing harm or a great risk of…

Updated:

“Granny Cam” Footage Captures Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect—Shuts Down Home

In a recent Maryland nursing home lawyer blog, our attorneys discussed the use of hidden cameras or “Granny cams” in nursing homes, and how one hidden camera investigation led to the arrest of twenty-two healthcare workers, after the video showed rampant nursing home neglect and abuse. A residential care home…

Updated:

Nursing Assistants Sentenced to 2 Years For Taking Derogatory Photos Of Helpless Residents

Our Baltimore County nursing home attorneys were stunned to see the recent details revealed in a nursing home abuse sentence from this month, where two women working at a Tennessee nursing facility were given a two-year prison sentence for engaging in the abuse of elders by taking video and photos…

Updated:

Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for Nursing Home Rape of Elderly CA Resident

In recent news, a 43-year-old man was sentenced to 17 years in California state prison for the 2002 assault and rape of a woman residing in a Palo Alto, California nursing home. As our Baltimore, Maryland employment attorneys previously reported on this case in a blog, Roberto Recendes pleaded guilty…

Updated:

Nursing Home Owner Pays Family $3.5M For Neglecting Resident’s Penile Cancer

A 3.5 million nursing home negligence settlement has been reached in the lawsuit against Washington-based Everett Care & Rehabilitation, that our Prince George’s County nursing home injury lawyers discussed in a recent blog, where the family of 97-year-old nursing home resident Charles Bradley sued the home for abuse and negligence…

Updated:

Children of Hollywood Actor Gene Barry Sue Nursing Home for Elder Abuse and Negligence

Our Baltimore nursing home injury attorneys have been following a recent lawsuit filed by the children of well-known Hollywood film and television actor Gene Barry, who allege that a nursing home neglected to monitor the actor’s health after he suffered a tragic nursing home fall, which led to his death.…

Updated:

Federal Nursing Home Reform Act Compliance

In a recent blog, our nursing home lawyers based in Baltimore, Maryland discussed the Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987, (NHRA) and the standards and services legally available to residents under the act, to prevent nursing home negligence, abuse, or substandard care. The main objective of the NHRA is to…

Updated:

Residents’ Rights under the Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987

As our Baltimore, Maryland nursing home injury attorneys discussed in a recent blog, under the federal Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987, (NHRA), all residents living in nursing homes are entitled to receive quality care and attention in an environment that improves and maintains their highest physical, mental health and…

Updated:

Estate of Sexually Assaulted Resident Sues for Negligence and Abuse

As Baltimore, Maryland nursing home injury attorneys, we have been following the news of a recent tragedy, where the estate of nursing home resident Mary Speigl, who was living in the Franciscan Villa nursing home, is suing the home for nursing home negligence and abuse, after Speigl was reportedly raped…

Updated:

Family Brings New Charges in ‘Kung Fu judge’ John Phillips’ Nursing Home Neglect Lawsuit

In a blog from earlier this year, our Baltimore nursing home injury attorneys reported on a $10 million nursing home negligence lawsuit filed by the family of a well known Brooklyn judge John Phillips, otherwise known as the “Kung Fu Judge,” for famously making martial arts moves over this 17-year…

Contact Us