San Antonio Personal Injury Lawyer articles in category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

A television station research licensed nurses in Texas and found that more than one in 20 had a criminal record. The station compared the records with the licensing board and Texas Department of...

After a month of anguish, a San Antonio family has found their mentally ill mother in Dallas. Marguerite “Margie” Hockley, age 48, was reported to be schizophrenic. The missing person alert was...

Felicia Ann Engle of Boaz, 20 years old, was placed in Golden Living Center due to terminal kidney disease. Her elderly father was unable to take care of her needs. On April 3, 2008 at approximately...

Falls in Nursing Homes are a serious problem. The statistics are staggering. Each year nursing homes of 100 beds reports 100 to 200 falls and many falls go unreported. Among older adults, falls...

Senators Martinez and Kohl have recently introduced the “Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act”. The bill provides that arbitration agreements signed between the nursing homes and residents or...

Forbes magazine reported that reports from the lobbyist show that Kindred Healthcare spent over one million in lobbying the federal government last year. Kindred Healthcare operates hospitals,...

On March 10, 2008, Alma Berlanga was found guilty of elderly abuse. Ms. Berlanga was the caregiver to Ofelia Escobar who is a bedridden 83 year old woman with Alzheimer's. The family had concerns about Ms. Berlanga's treatment to their mother and installed a hidden camera. The video tape showed Ms. Berlanga slapping and force-feeding Ms. Escobar. The jury took five minutes to convict Ms....

Antipsychotic drugs are over prescribed to all the elderly including those in the nursing homes. Medicaid sent out a mandate last year to nursing home inspectors to crack down on the over prescribing of the antipsychotic drugs. Of the state's 398 nursing homes, 38 percent were cited last year for using such medications inappropriately, up from 27 percent in 2006.The drugs are often precribed...

Centers of Medicare Services published its nursing home bad list. The list includes bad nursing homes from all over the nation and including eight nursing homes in Bexar County. The following are on the list; Buena Vida Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of San Antonio; Leon Valley Care Center; Mayfield Care Center; Meridian Care; Princeton Place Rehabilitation & Healthcare Bander; Regent Care...

Here is the list of the worst nursing homes.

A nurse is accused of raping and assaulting a paralyzed patient at a nursing home. John Riems, an Ohio nurse, has admitted to over 100 cases of abuse but claims to be able to remember the details on a couple dozen. "Police say Riems sexually assaulted a 55-year-old man as he lay partially paralyzed in his bed at Concord Care and Rehabilitation Home" Reims worked at over 10 different nursing...

A 52 year old mentally disabled woman claims to have been sexually assaulted by a male caregiver at her adult day care center. She was living at The Special Opportunity Center in Kerrville, Texas. The Police are investigating this claim, but have not made any arrests. The Special Opportunity Center has placed the accused on administrative leave as a precaution.

A 10-year old autistic boy who was cared for at Howell Care Centers-Clear Creek facility wandered off on Sunday morning. The boy was able to just walk away from the facility. Searchers were found him about an hour later in a pond about a quarter mile away. He was taken to the local hospital but did not survive. The facility has approximately 100 mentally disabled residents. Howell Care...

The suit was filed again Barry Manor and White Oak Manor nursing homes and the suit claimed the facilities were negligent and failed to properly care for patient, John Novogradac. Mr. Novogradac lived at both facilities and developed bedsores on his body. He also had to have both legs amputated from above the knee due to his wounds becoming severely infected with dead and gangrenous tissue....

On October 28, 2007, Ken Conner, attorney, spoke at "Nursing Homes: A Failed Experiment". As an attorney he spoke regarding abuse in nursing homes and regarded nursing homes for putting profit over care. Mr. Connor urges people to pay attention to signs from their loved ones in nursing homes. You should check for pressure ulcers, infections, or foul odors. Bernie Vonderheide, president of...