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When a nursing home resident develops pressure ulcers due to inadequate care, the physical harm is visible and documented. What’s less obvious to families who are considering legal action is the full scope of what can be recovered in a Pennsylvania bedsore case. A successful claim typically reaches well beyond the cost of medical treatment.
On April 16, 2020, Gurbir S. Grewal, Esq., the New Jersey Attorney General, announced that his office had opened a statewide investigation into the high number of COVID-19 related deaths at New Jersey’s long-term care facilities and nursing homes. The stated purpose of his investigation was to determine whether there was evidence that anyone broke
According to news reports, residents of nursing homes account for roughly half of the reported deaths from COVID-19. The reason for this is relatively obvious, as seniors tend to have a higher-than-average number of co-morbidities and tend to have immune systems that are less robust than younger people. Against this backdrop, there has been a
Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect lawyer As a Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect lawyer, it has been my experience that many nursing homes and their ancillary service providers have common ownership. That is, the same persons or entities which own the facility, frequently own the facility’s related management company, real estate holdings company, temporary staffing
Davis & Brusca, LLC – NJ Nursing Home Negligence Lawyers Nothing – not even the COVID-19 pandemic – gives a nursing home the authority or the right to overlook or disregard its resident’s right to safe, dignified, and respectful living conditions in the nursing home. In fact, those very rights are guaranteed by statute –
Nursing home facilities are most certainly NOT all “the same.” Some are better staffed than others. Some employ persons better equipped to deliver compassionate care to their residents. Some have medical personnel who take their jobs more seriously than others, or who are better trained than others. Some are less focused on maximizing profits, and
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