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The well-chronicled racial divide in America extends to the possibility of nursing home abuse and neglect, according to a recent report. The study found that 15.9 percent of black residents…
Tag Archives: Nursing Homes
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Falls are the most serious health and safety hazard in nursing homes. 67 percent of nursing home residents fall every year. Making matters worse, falls prompt 40 percent of nursing…
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The environment is different in civil court than from criminal court, mostly because the burden of proof is lower. If you anonymously report elder abuse to a New York nursing…
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The Napoli Shkolnik Nursing Home Litigation/Covid-19 Team successfully defeated the second attempt by a major Westchester County nursing home to have a case dismissed under the now repealed EDTPA (Immunity…
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Earlier this month, Erie County Supreme Court Justice Jeanette Ogden rejected a nursing home’s movement to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the estate of a woman who died in care…
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As of October 2021, over 15,000 residents of Nursing Homes died of Covid-19. At the same time, immunity laws were passed, and since repealed, which attempted to bar families grieving…
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Largely depending on your perspective, nursing home data recently provided by the New York State Health Department either exonerates these facilities or condemns them. Coronavirus was “a perfect storm” for…
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In most states, a guardian may seize total control of a person’s assets if that person is incapacitated. According to one observer, “incapacitate” is so vague that it could mean…
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The COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating effect on millions of people around the world but was especially fatal for those living in nursing homes. Older people and those with preexisting…
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New York nursing home patients are receiving COVID-19 vaccinations in droves. But the coronavirus-induced nursing home crisis might be entering a new phase. New York’s vacancy rate is three times…
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