Tag: Nursing Home Neglect

You Suspect Neglect in Your Parent’s Nursing Home – What Do You Do Next?

Nursing home neglect often goes unreported due to the difficulties of defining and identifying abuse. However the St. Louis nursing home neglect attorneys at Hoffman & Gelfman want you to know there are things you can do to help your loved one: 1. Visit often, noting time-sensitive warning signs.Those with memory loss, communication problems and […]

Written by on September 14, 2017

Cases of Nursing Home Neglect are Becoming More Widespread Across the Country

Placing a loved one in a nursing home is never an easy decision. Families have every right to expect that their parents or grandparents will be well taken care of. Unfortunately, they’re often not. According to a recent Yahoo News article, this problem might be more widespread than most people think. The nursing home neglect […]

Written by on April 13, 2017

Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse May Be Widespread in St. Louis

For the family who is faced with the decision to place a loved one into a nursing home, there’s no denying that it’s a hard choice to make. They do so with the utmost trust in the facility that they’ve chosen, but a recent article on the CNN website is enough to cause many to […]

Written by on March 14, 2017

Huge Nursing Home Chain Cited for Nursing Home Neglect

A recent CBS News article depicts the story of a woman who recently lost her mother after she had been placed in a nursing home for rehabilitative care. The sixty-eight-year-old woman had recently been hospitalized for chest pains, and when she entered the nursing home, she was feeling quite well. Five weeks later, she passed […]

Written by on January 19, 2017

Nursing Home Complaints Experience a Surge in Recent Years: Is it Neglect?

One of the hardest things to do is place someone you love in a nursing home. However, all across the State of Minnesota, families have to make this decision every day. Most of the time, it’s because they have a family member who needs the kind of care that isn’t available any other way. For […]

Written by on November 29, 2016

Nursing Home Chain is Accused of Neglect and Elder Abuse

Finding out that your parent has been abused and neglected while under the care of medical professionals in a nursing home is every child’s nightmare. According to a recent CBS news article, a large west coast nursing home chain is being scrutinized for neglect and abuse of its patients. Serious questions arose when a woman’s […]

Written by on September 20, 2016

New Law to Provide Better Nursing Home Accountability

Lawmakers in the State of Illinois have heard the cries for more protection for nursing home residents loud and clear. According to a recent article on the St. Louis Business Journal website, effective January 1, 2016, families can now install surveillance cameras into their loved ones’ rooms in nursing homes. These cameras will allow families […]

Written by on February 25, 2016

Home Health Care Worker Commits Fraud, Leaves Victim in Filth

An Illinois health care worker recently admitted to fraud for billing Medicaid Home Services for aid she never performed. Her client was discovered in such bad shape, she required hospitalization. To help you better protect loved ones, St. Louis Personal Injury Attorneys Hoffman & Gelfman want to increase awareness cases of nursing home neglect. The […]

Written by on October 27, 2015