Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect

When you visit a loved one in a nursing home, everything can look fine on the surface. The staff is friendly. The place is clean. But then you notice something — a new bruise, unexpected weight loss, frequent falls, infections that keep coming back, or a change in...

Nursing home neglect and abuse is a sad reality for millions of the elderly across the country, resulting in serious injuries and even death. Unfortunately, nursing home abuse and neglect cases can be difficult to prove, especially if the victim is suffering from...

The Columbus Dispatch recently reported on the closing of a nursing home in Ohio. The facility's license was revoked in January by the Ohio Department of Health based on failed inspections and allegations of failing to report sexual abuse. The facility also allegedly...

The need for change and accountability in the nursing home industry$2.1m partial settlement reached in nursing home transportation caseA few weeks ago, a partial settlement was reached for a family who lost a mother and wife because of an understaffed and undertrained...

Disturbing headlines have appeared in newspapers throughout the country after a man allegedly raped a woman at a Cincinnati nursing home on Sunday. A 57-year-old man has been accused of raping a fellow patient who he had a prior relationship with.The alleged victim...

Antipsychotic drugs present serious risks to elderly people suffering from dementia, including those with Alzheimer's. For these people, antipsychotic medication brings an increased risk of infections, heart failure and death. Yet, nursing homes continue to administer...

Ohio officials recently shut down Autumn Health Care Nursing Home in Zanesville after witnessing shockingly poor care at the facility. The patient care was so horrible that the Ohio Attorney General's Office is considering filing criminal charges. "What we saw was...