Nursing Home Information and Articles

I recently had a scheduling conference in a case where we had been fighting the issue of binding arbitration. What is arbitration? You may have heard of arbitration in the context of credit card companies or hotels. You may even had heard of it in th… Read More

We received another call the other day from a resident who had been assaulted in a nursing home. An aide had hit him in the face causing injury to his face and loss of vision in one of his eyes. This tragic situation happens more often than most peop… Read More

By Kelly Kennedy OLMSTED FALLS, Ohio (WOIO) – A former nursing home employee has been charged with several felonies months after we showed you a disturbing video of him attempting to steal from one of the residents. This is the video that shock… Read More

Recently, there was a story in the news involving a decision by a court in New Jersey enforcing an arbitration agreement. A couple was involved in an automobile collision when they were passengers in an Uber. Their driver ran a stop sign and caused a… Read More

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

Unfortunately, many nursing homes in Ohio neglect their residents. They don’t maintain sufficient staff, hire proper people, train their staff appropriately, or oversee them well. As a result, many nursing homes provide substandard care. If you… Read More

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

Can skin breakdown be prevented? At The Dickson Firm, we see hundreds of cases where residents have been allowed to develop skin breakdown or decubitus ulcers, or bed sores. Skin breakdown is a very, very serious concern. A person’s skin is a p… Read More