Nursing home abuse can be the worst nightmare of nursing home residents and their loved ones. For that reason, it is helpful to be familiar with the different forms of elder abuse and the legal protections available to victims of nursing home abuse and their families....
Elder abuse in nursing homes is an insidious and often unreported problem that is often difficult to detect that can cause emotional trauma, serious injury and even death to its victims. For the families who have made tremendous efforts to research the best long-term...
People in Natchitoches who choose to put a loved one in a nursing home do not make such decisions lightly. A lot of research and thought is put into choosing the facility that will best meet your loved one’s needs. Unfortunately, nursing home abuse does occur even in...
Nursing homes should provide their residents with safe and comfortable facilities to live. Many Louisiana residents enter nursing homes when their medical or occupational skills are no longer sufficient to care for themselves at home. Because they cannot take care of...
Nursing homes can be liable in several different ways for harm suffered by their residents in their care. It is important for victims of nursing home abuse and neglect and their families to be familiar with the legal recourse that may be available help them when a...
Your family took great care in selecting a nursing home for your father. You seemed to do everything right through research, talking with administrators, visiting the home and seeing how staff interacted with the residents. On the surface, you did not see any...
For those with family members in nursing homes right now, the last five months have been agony. There has been a strict nursing home lockdown in Louisiana. Visitors are simply not allowed. But, there is now hope that visitors may soon be allowed to visit their family...
Putting a parent in a nursing home can be one of the most gut wrenching experiences in our lives. The guilt of needing one and the fear of picking the wrong one weigh heavily on one’s mind. After all, since we are not with them all day, if our loved ones experience...