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How to Tell if Your Loved One Is Suffering Nursing Home Abuse

Posted by Steven A. Bagen

Aug 26, 2021 10:19:22 AM

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When you place your loved ones into a care facility or nursing home, it’s hard to imagine any harm coming to them. After all, these places make their living on the care and treatment of elderly individuals. Unfortunately, the mistreatment and neglect of the elderly are all too common, even in nursing homes. 

According to the World Health Organization, 1 in 6 people 60 years and older experience abuse each year.1 And in care facilities such as nursing homes, it’s especially common with 2 out of 3 staff members reporting incidences of abuse in the past year. 

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Topics: Nursing Home Abuse, Personal Injury Law

How to File a Claim Against a Nursing Home

Posted by Steven A. Bagen

May 6, 2013 10:49:00 PM

The State of Florida has many elderly people living in nursing homes. The trend of lawsuits being filed against nursing homes is a relatively new phenomenon. A recent web survey created to determine which states account for the largest share of these claim types in the country identified two states: Texas and Florida. These two states account for about 50% of claims filed nationwide. The biggest reason why Florida ranks as one of the states with the highest number of litigations filed against nursing homes can partly be explained by the stringent laws that protect the rights of nursing home residents in the state. Among them is the right for nursing home residents to receive sufficient medical care, privacy, therapeutic services, rehabilitative services, dignity, courtesy, and freedom from both physical and mental abuse.

Any person or organization, and not just the resident’s family members, can file a claim against a nursing home. There are many grounds on which you can file complaints, including mistreatment, unsafe conditions, lack of adequate staffing, poor care, improper charges, failure to readmit the resident after being discharged from a hospital, and concerns about transfers and discharges, to name a few. You can file your complaint in writing or through a simple phone call.

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Topics: Nursing Home Abuse

Social Media – The Smoking Gun in the Personal Injury Lawsuits

Posted by Steven A. Bagen

Jun 21, 2011 11:30:00 AM

Technology has undoubtedly changed the world we live in. If you want to communicate with your friends as to your day or your plans that night, you more often than not use a social networking site as means of getting the word out. However, your social networking of choice could also be your biggest obstruction when you decide to pursue a personal injury claim.

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Topics: Car Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Nursing Home Abuse, Slip & Fall, Medical Malpractice, Motorcycle Accidents, Burn Injuries, Bicycle Accidents, Boating Accidents, Speeding Accidents, Traumatic Brain Injury, Medication Errors, Catastrophic Injuries, Wrongful Death, Truck Accidents, Bus Accidents, Personal Injury Attorney(s), Defective Products, Construction Accidents, News, Spinal Cord Injury, Dog Bites, Serious Accidents & Injuries, Personal Injury Law, Premises Liability

7 Things to Do after an Accident

Posted by Steven A. Bagen

Jun 20, 2011 8:31:00 AM

When you’ve been injured in a slip and fall, a car accident, or any type of personal injury incident, you’re probably feeling overwhelmed by the chaos and flurry of emotions.

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Topics: Car Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Nursing Home Abuse, Slip & Fall, Motorcycle Accidents, Burn Injuries, Bicycle Accidents, Boating Accidents, Speeding Accidents, Truck Accidents, Bus Accidents, Personal Injury Attorney(s), Construction Accidents, Spinal Cord Injury, Dog Bites, Serious Accidents & Injuries, Personal Injury Law