Nursing Home Information and Articles

The Dickson Firm is devoted to the rights of nursing home residents and their families navigating this phase of life. We write and share articles to raise awareness for nursing home neglect & abuse.

Arbors at Carroll

It was recently reported in the news that the Lucas County Coroner concluded that 72 year old Lucy Garcia died on July 2, 2024 from months of medical neglect at the Arbors at Oregon Nursing Home, a nursing home located in Oregon, Ohio. There a number… Read More
Elopement in Ohio Nursing Home

What is Elopement?

If you say the word “elopement”, most people think about a couple running off to get married. In the nursing home industry, elopement refers to a resident who leaves the nursing home unattended. Some nursing home residents are lucid. They… Read More

Former owner of collapsed Skyline chain headed to trial over alleged $39M fraud scheme

The former owner of Skyline Healthcare will stand trial next year on allegations that he perpetuated a nearly $39 million fraud that played into the collapse of his quickly assembled, multi-state nursing home portfolio. During a brief hearing Thursda… Read More

Ohio family says they plan to sue nursing home after matriarch's death ruled a homicide

The family of an Ohio woman who died of sepsis after she developed a pressure wound at a nursing home is calling for justice for their matriarch. Lucy Garcia was 72 years old when she died on July 2. She had previously been a resident at Arbors at Or… Read More
Arbors at Oregon

Arbors at Oregon

According to an autopsy report by the Lucas County Coroner, 72‑year-old Lucy Garcia died on July 2, 2024 after months of neglect. She was a resident for a number of years at the Arbors at Oregon Nursing Home. The Arbors at Oregon Nursing Home is lo… Read More
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‘A terrible way to go’: Nursing home resident died from severe bed sores, months of neglect, coroner says

By Alexis Means and Emily Van de Riet TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG/Gray News) – A family is demanding answers after their mother’s death was ruled a homicide from months of medical neglect at an Ohio nursing home. According to an autopsy report from the Lu… Read More
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Embassy of Lyndhurst

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, also known as CMS, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, has a Center for Clinical Status and Quality/Quality Safety and Oversight Group. This group monitors nursing homes. They hav… Read More
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Resident on Resident Assault

I recently read an article about a disagreement between two residents at a local nursing home in Scioto County. During the argument, a female resident pushed her walker into a male resident. She threw a cup of ice in his face. He pushed her walker ba… Read More
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$83M Fraud Case Against Nursing Home Group May Proceed, With No Defendants Excused

A New York Supreme Court judge threw out all arguments from lawyers for an embattled group of nursing homes that sought to have charges dismissed in a case accusing the owners and operators of $83 million in Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Judge Melissa… Read More
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Frequently Asked Questions About Civil Cases Involving Sexual Assault

Here at The Dickson Firm we are very much committed to representing and supporting survivors of sexual assault. We support the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center. We endeavor to do all that we can for survivors. One of the questions that we often get asked… Read More

The Ohio Supreme Court has only considered two (2) cases that involved the rights of nursing home residents and I was involved in both cases.

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