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Elopement
January 17th, 2023
What is elopement? For many of us, the only time we’ve ever heard the term “elope” is in connection with a very happy event, when two people who are in love decide to go off and get married. Eloping often refers to traveling some pl…
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Bedford nursing home resident dies after apparently wandering outside, slipping on ice
January 17th, 2023
A 92-year-old woman has died after authorities say she apparently wandered outside of the Bedford nursing home she was living in and fell down in the cold elements. According to a police report, nurses from Woodside Senior Living on Rockside Road loc…
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Nursing home resident threatens to shoot neighbor: Parma Heights Police Blotter
January 5th, 2023
On Dec. 14, police were dispatched to Greenbriar Nursing Home regarding a threat call from the Pearl Road facility. An arriving officer talked to the caller, who said a male resident had threatened to shoot a woman who also lives at the nursing home.…
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Many nursing homes are poorly staffed. How do they get away with it?
December 1st, 2022
Regulators have allowed thousands of nursing homes across America to flout federal staffing rules by going an entire day and night without a registered nurse on duty, a USA TODAY investigation has found. Nearly all of them got away with it: Only 4% w…
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Missing assisted living facility resident found dead outside; caregivers respond
November 14th, 2022
An 82-year-old woman reported missing from her assisted living facility on Tuesday, Nov. 8, was found dead in a wooded area behind the facility. Joan L. Meredith, 82, was a resident at The Merriman, an assisted living and skilled nursing care facilit…
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Missing Ohio nursing home resident found dead outside
November 11th, 2022
An 82-year-old woman reported missing from her nursing home on Tuesday, Nov. 8, was found dead in a wooded area behind the facility. Joan L. Meredith, 82, was a resident of The Merriman, an assisted living and skilled nursing care facility at 209 Mer…
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Family wants answers after resident found dead in woods behind Akron assisted living facility
November 10th, 2022
An 82-year-old resident of an Akron assisted living and nursing care facility was found dead from hypothermia in a wooded area behind the building Tuesday morning, according to the Summit County Medical Examiner. Joan Meredith had dementia and her de…
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Arbitration Clauses in Nursing Home Cases
October 21st, 2022
The Dickson Firm is committed to each of its clients as well as to the long term pursuit of nursing home cases for the benefit of nursing home residents throughout the State of Ohio. Unfortunately, there is no financial incentive for nursing homes to…
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Bed Sores
September 21st, 2022
Is someone you love in a nursing home? Have you recently found out that they have a bed sore? There are various names for skin breakdown used in nursing homes. Skin breakdown can be referred to as a bed sore, or a decubitus ulcer, or a pressure sore,…
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Nursing Home Residents Should Feel Safe and Be Safe
March 8th, 2022
On Thursday, March 3, 2022, Tiara Lynn Ford, 23 years old, was arrested for raping elderly dementia patients at The Inn at University Village in Massillon, Ohio where she worked as a state-tested nurse’s aide. While there are many state-tested…
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