The Dickson Firm represents nursing home residents and their families in cases against the owners and the operators of nursing homes throughout the State of Ohio.
During Thanksgiving and Christmas many people travel to see family members. They often see their loved ones in various nursing homes. Sometimes they see their loved ones in a nursing home, and it has been some time since they have seen them in person. Even family members who keep in constant contact with their loved […]
Here at The Dickson Firm, we receive many calls from people who have visited their loved one over the holidays and have concerns about their care. Many people do not live near enough to their loved one to see them in person on a daily basis. They talk to them over the phone. They have […]
During the Holidays we get lots of calls from people with concerns about the care that their loved one is receiving in a nursing home. Many people travel for Thanksgiving and Christmas. This gives them the opportunity to see loved ones including their loved ones who are residents of a nursing home. Often, when people […]
We get calls every day at The Dickson Firm from people who have discovered that their loved one has suffered skin breakdown, referred to as a bedsore. Very often, the family of the nursing home resident does not discover the skin breakdown until the resident gets to the hospital. This is not at all uncommon. […]
Tragically, we receive calls here at The Dickson Firm from families whose loved one has been assaulted in their nursing home or assisted living facility. We were recently contacted by a family whose loved one was raped in her assisted living facility. After an investigation, it turned out that the same employee who raped her, […]
On an almost daily basis, I see commercials run by attorneys advertising for nursing home cases. But what most people do not understand is – is that these attorneys do not have to have any experience handling nursing home cases to run an ad on television. They do not have to have any experience handling […]
There have been some recents news regarding the expansion of Esther's Law here in the state of Ohio. Senate Bill 154 was introduced to allow residents of assisted living facilities and residential care facilities or their representatives to install electronic monitoring devices in the rooms of the residents. The Ohio State Senate heard sponsor testimony in […]
A 63-year-old has been arrested and charged with murder after police say he strangled a 53-year-old woman to death with a towel during an altercation inside an assisted living facility. The fatal assault occurred on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at the Heritage Village of Waterville assisted living facility, a 90-bed facility located near Toledo, Ohio. Heritage Village […]
Just recently Paul Daniel Frehley, known as “Ace” Frehley, cofounder and lead guitarist for the legendary band KISS, passed away. He was only 74 years old. He died following complications from a fall. This is very sad news for me. KISS was my very first rock concert. I was in the sixth grade. I had tickets […]
Are you researching nursing home options in Steubenville, Ohio for a spouse or a family member? At The Dickson Firm, we want to let you know that there are resources available to you that can warn you about substandard nursing homes in the area. Quite often, when people are searching for nursing homes, they'll head […]
