Category Archives for "nursing home abuse"

One-third of the Nation’s Coronvirus Deaths Are Nursing Home Related & Legislators are Trying to Protect Nursing Homes from Liability

By Angela Leone

According to a New York Times (NYT) data analysis last updated on May 11th, one-third of all Coronavirus deaths in the United States (about 28,000) are residents or workers at nursing homes and other long term care facilities. More than 153,000 have been sickened by the virus at almost 8,000 facilities across the nation. Pennsylvania […]

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Eleven children have died as the result of a viral outbreak in a NJ care facility

By Joe Messa

An eleventh child died late last week as the result of an adenovirus outbreak at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Haskell, New Jersey. The Wanaque Center is a professional nursing home, rehabilitation center, and pediatrics center offering short and long term care. Patients in the pediatrics center are severely disabled children, often […]

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A fire at a Chester County nursing home claims at least two lives, possibly others

By Joe Messa

On Thursday, November 16th, a five-alarm fire broke out at the Barclay Friends assisted living facility in West Chester, PA, displacing over 130 elderly residents and injuring 27. In the early morning hours of Friday, November 17th, four missing residents were presumed dead according to a statement from the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, […]

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Healthcare bill rushed through committee without public hearing aims to slash rights of citizens to fair compensation in court

By Joe Messa

The United States House of Representatives may vote this week on a bill (House Resolution 1215) that will do grave harm to the rights of citizens to seek justice in court for damages caused by medical malpractice, defective drugs, or defective medical devices. The bill is called the Protecting Access to Care Act and it […]

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The Past and Future of Patient Access to Medical Records

By Joe Messa

Today, we give little thought to a person’s right to his or her medical records since the right of a patient to access such information is firmly established under a law that has existed for almost two decades. This absolute right of access did not always exist, however. Forty years ago, patients in most states […]

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Nursing Home Fined for Insufficiently Caring for Residents

By Joe Messa

Philadelphia personal injury lawyers report that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a $10,000 fine to the Rosewood Heights nursing home in Syracuse, New York. The nursing home was fined after receiving 26 violations following an inspection last year. The inspection found that employees at Rosewood Heights nursing home failed to properly […]

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