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NY Nursing Home Hidden Cameras Capture Neglect—22 Health Care Workers Arrested

In recent news that Maryland Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Attorneys have been following, Attorney General for the State of New York Andrew Cuomo announced this week that twenty-two health care employees, both former and current, have been arrested after hidden camera footage in two separate nursing homes revealed alleged…

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F.D.A. Bed Rail Safety Guidelines for Maryland Nursing Homes

In a recent blog, our Maryland Accident Attorneys discussed the topic of whether bed rails in Maryland nursing homes are a potential health hazard, or whether they protect the health and safety of residents. According to the Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.), nearly 2.5 million nursing home and hospital beds…

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Wrongful Death and Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit—Family Sues for Damages

As Maryland Nursing Home Negligence Attorneys we recently discussed the blog topic of health and safety in nursing homes and the importance of supervising residents who suffer from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, to prevent the common problem of resident wandering and nursing home falls that can lead to wrongful deaths.…

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Man Sues Nursing Home for Negligence After Losing Finger to Gangrene

In recent news that our Washington D.C. Nursing Home Negligence Attorneys have been following, a nursing home resident filed a negligence lawsuit after the home allegedly failed to keep him safe from nursing home falls, and diagnose, treat and care for his injuries after a fall—which lead to infection, gangrene,…

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NY Nursing Home Looks to Israel Technology to Stop Resident Wandering and Falls

Our Maryland Nursing Home Attorneys have been following the recent story about a New York nursing home that is hoping to use new Israeli devices that can reportedly track wandering nursing home patients to maintain resident health and safety, and prevent nursing home falls or injury. According to the article,…

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Family Sues for Nursing Home Falls and Wrongful Death

As Maryland Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Attorneys, we have been following a lawsuit in which a 65-year old paralyzed patient in a nursing home was allegedly dropped to the floor twice. Her family claims that the second nursing home fall resulted in her wrongful death. According to the lawsuit,…

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Unnecessary Drugging in Nursing Homes Threatens Lives of Residents

As Maryland Nursing Home Injury Attorneys, we have been following the Chicago Tribune article published yesterday about an epidemic of unnecessary and dangerous drugging going on in nursing homes—causing nursing home injury and threatening the lives of elderly residents. The report details that many vulnerable elderly residents in nursing homes…

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Repeat Offender—Nursing Home Charged With Third Wrongful Death Lawsuit This Year

Our Maryland Nursing Home Injury Lawyers have been following a recent case in which Ruxton Health, a local nursing facility in Virginia, has been charged with another wrongful death lawsuit—the third nursing home injury lawsuit from this year. Bob Wiggins filed the civil lawsuit last week on behalf of his…

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