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Category: Nursing Home Abuse

The Risks of Performing Biomedical Research in Skilled Nursing Facilities

Published on June 11, 2020, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Nursing Home Abuse

As COVID-19 continues to infect people on a daily basis, scientists, doctors, and researchers are working tirelessly to find ways to treat the virus and develop a vaccine. Nursing home residents are among the most vulnerable population to COVID-19. Across Pennsylvania, tens of thousands of nursing home residents have been infected, which has led some doctors to take drastic and questionable measures when it comes to attempting treatments through biomedical research. Let’s take a look at the risks of performing biomedical research in skilled nursing facilities and what[...]
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Infections in Nursing Homes and COVID-19: What Needs to Happen Now

Published on June 4, 2020, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Nursing Home Abuse

While COVID-19 has the potential to infect anyone, the elderly are the most at risk for developing serious complications from the virus. Based on data from Pennsylvania and the federal government, nursing homes have been some of the most affected areas when it comes to the spread of the coronavirus. As a result, hundreds of thousands have been infected and tens of thousands have died. In order to prevent more deaths and prepare for potential future outbreaks, it’s important for nursing homes to look at how they handled[...]
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How Pennsylvania’s Nursing Homes Could Have Better Protected Residents From COVID-19

Published on June 4, 2020, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Nursing Home Abuse

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the entire world and changed the typical day for most Americans. Work-from-home routines, altered grocery store checkout lines, and mask requirements are what many people have been dealing with. For the majority of those who have fallen ill, symptoms have been mild and recovery has been short. But the most vulnerable—particularly those in nursing homes, have been dealing with a far worse situation. (more…)
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COVID-19 Deaths at Chester County, PA Veterans Nursing Home Triple

Published on April 27, 2020, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Nursing Home Abuse

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, residents at a top-rated, state-run nursing home for military veterans and their spouses in Chester County have been seriously impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over a five day period in late April, the death toll nearly tripled. According to the Chester County coroner, 26 residents who tested positive for the coronavirus or were presumed infected have died as of April 24. Overall, residents at the Southeastern Veterans’ Complex (SEVC) in East Vincent Township have been happy with their care. Loved ones have positively[...]
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Deceased COVID-19 Victims Found Abandoned in Care Homes in Spain

Published on March 27, 2020, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Nursing Home Abuse

As COVID-19 spreads throughout Europe, nursing home residents are found to be abandoned at some facilities in Spain. According to NPR, Spain is the second hardest-hit country in Europe by the virus with more than 39,000 confirmed cases and 2,800 deaths as of March 24, 2020. Currently, over a fifth of the nursing homes in the Madrid region have had cases of COVID-19. On March 23, the Defense Minister Margarita Robles of Spain announced Spanish military finding care home residents abandoned, with some left dead in their beds.[...]
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Over 70 Nursing Homes with ‘Serious Deficiencies’ Have HUD Mortgages

Published on June 27, 2019, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Nursing Home Abuse

Earlier this month, two Pennsylvania Senators, Pat Toomey (R) and Bob Casey (D), issued a report identifying 478 nursing homes in the nation as having “serious deficiencies.” These facilities in turn were labeled as “special focus facilities” by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This means that the labeled nursing homes have a “documented pattern of poor care” and will be eligible to be improved upon by CMS. 74 of these special focus facilities have guaranteed mortgages provided by a federal agency, the Department of Housing[...]
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Negligence Caused Pottsville, PA Nursing Home Residents to Suffer

Published on December 7, 2018, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Nursing Home Abuse

The HCR ManorCare nursing home in Pottsville, PA was investigated by state inspectors in 2017. What they found was not the environment of a caring, healthy, and well-run nursing home. Instead, the residents who lived there were severely neglected. Neglect included failure to maintain resident hygiene, as shown by a disabled man who had long, dirty fingernails. The nursing home didn’t have enough staff to properly respond to the call buttons from the residents’ bedsides. It was common for residents to regularly soil themselves because it took too[...]
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Nursing Homes Profiting from High Intensity, Possibly Unnecessary Therapy, Research Shows

Published on October 10, 2018, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Nursing Home Abuse

A new study is revealing an alarming trend among nursing homes – facilities are increasingly providing elderly residents with intensive, costly, and possibly unnecessary therapy, even in the last weeks of their lives. The study, conducted by the University of Rochester and published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, is raising concerns about the necessity and potential dangers of intensive therapy, as well as whether profits may be prompting their use. Here are a few key details about the study: For the study, researchers gathered[...]
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Pennsylvania Passes Act 53 to Expand Prosecution Power in Elder and Nursing Home Abuse Cases

Published on September 19, 2018, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Nursing Home Abuse

America’s growing elderly population has facilitated the expansion of a booming industry tasked with providing the support, care, and services they need. Unfortunately, the proliferation of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and companies offering daily care and living assistance services has also created growing concerns over the safety of our most vulnerable population, especially in terms of elder and nursing home abuse. Those concerns were a significant factor behind the recent passing of Act 53. Act 53, which has been praised by victims’ advocates and State Attorney General[...]
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Nursing Home Injuries Caused by Inadequate Staffing

Published on August 13, 2018, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Nursing Home Abuse

Families face a difficult task when deciding whether or not to place their elderly loved ones in a nursing home or assisted living facility, not to mention a challenge in finding the right one. To aid them in this journey, many families will utilize various resources that provide insight into the level of care and support facilities will provide their family member. This may include visits and consultations at the nursing homes themselves, and the use of online tools like Medicare’s five-star nursing home rating system. Unfortunately, as[...]
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