One of the more frequent injuries we seen in our nursing home neglect clients, are pressure ulcers. While they are also clinically referred to as decubitus ulcers, plainly put, these are bedsores. They are injuries to the skin and underlying tissue, which result from prolonged pressure being placed on an…
Readers of this blog know that I carry a special torch for nursing home residents in general, and for victims of Massachusetts nursing home neglect or abuse in particular. Of the several types of legal wrongs that can bring me to my feet, elder abuse and nursing home patient neglect…
As I think many of you know, a good deal of my injury law practice involves representing victims of nursing home neglect and abuse. In this post, I’m asking you to prioritize just a few seconds in making a very time-senstive, important statement now to the federal government, on the…
Politics is often a sickening business. A place where honesty, ethics, the public interest and conscience take a back seat to money, expediency, self-interest and cowardice. Money talks in politics – it is the fuel that drives it. And individual career interests are almost always the hands on the steering…
For anyone who reads this blog, it’s no secret that I’m passionate about protecting the rights of elders and sick, disabled people in Massachusetts nursing homes and extended care facilities. Today’s post is Part Three of three recent posts I’ve dedicated to this subject, and it will outline the typical…
In my immediately previous post, I wrote of the steps that family members must take on their own, to assure that their loved one in a Massachusetts nursing home or extended care nursing facility is well cared for. If you haven’t read that post yet, I’d suggest that you take…
In a previous post, I wrote of state & federal government agencies that family members can report suspected cases of Massachusetts nursing home neglect or abuse to. While you can & should copy the contact information for several agencies that are outlined in that previous post, I don’t want readers to…
Readers of this blog know how many times I’ve written previously in this blog about the atrocious conditions that many Massachusetts nursing home residents live in every day. It’s sickening, it’s cruel, it’s a stain on our society, and it’s a moral outrage. Yet it goes on, and on, seemingly unstopped. Why? …
Anyone who reads my blog here knows how strongly I feel about the special care and dignity that is owed to Massachusetts nursing home residents. Readers also know of my distrust of the nursing home industry in general, though I do allow for exceptions, as there are some good nursing…
Readers of this blog know that I’ve reported previously on the subject of how many Massachusetts nursing homes have been found to advertise that they “specialize” in dementia care and Alzheimer’s Disease – when in fact, they have received no such credentialing from the state, at all. We all have…