On behalf of Morris, Downing & Sherred, LLP posted in Nursing Home Neglect on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Anyone with a family member in a nursing home probably expects only the best level of care for their loved one. However, a recent article highlighted a different result in the Alzheimer’s wing of a nursing home […]
Nursing Home Neglect
New Jersey nursing home neglect victims may receive more help
On behalf of Morris, Downing & Sherred, LLP posted in Nursing Home Neglect on Friday, February 15, 2013. With the help of a group of concerned citizens, disabled adults who use nursing homes and other residential living facilities may soon receive additional help from the state in cases of alleged abuse. This important protection offered […]
Family and nursing home settle bedsores case
On behalf of Morris, Downing & Sherred, LLP posted in Nursing Home Neglect on Tuesday, January 22, 2013. New Jersey families who entrust nursing homes to care for their elderly relatives expect that the nursing home staff will be attentive to the patient and give them proper care. Unfortunately, in the case of one nursing […]
Family finds maggots in nursing home patient’s ear
On behalf of Morris, Downing & Sherred, LLP posted in Nursing Home Neglect on Monday, December 17, 2012. The family of an elderly nursing home patient has sued a nursing home after they found over 50 maggots in the woman’s ear. While the woman has Alzheimer’s disease and is unable to speak on account of […]
Unions could be responsible for nursing home neglect
On behalf of Morris, Downing & Sherred, LLP posted in Nursing Home Neglect on Monday, October 22, 2012. Two nursing home providers have filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New Jersey accusing two of the largest health care labor unions of engaging in a concerted effort to provide substandard care to the […]
Nursing home database reveals neglect
On behalf of Morris, Downing & Sherred, LLP posted in Nursing Home Neglect on Saturday, September 22, 2012. A recently compiled database of over 10,000 nursing home inspection reports reveals a pattern of negligence in nursing homes both in New Jersey and in at least one neighboring state. Documented instances of nursing home neglect include […]
