Nursing Home Information and Articles
Is My Mom Safe in the Nursing Home?
April 26th, 2023
Many of our clients have been forced to make the difficult decision to put someone they love in a nursing home. Our attorneys talk with many people, on a regular basis, about this challenging decision. Many clients have a lot of difficulty making thi…
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Why Did My Loved One Develop a Bed Sore While in a Nursing Home?
April 10th, 2023
At The Dickson Firm, we have handled hundreds of cases involving residents who have developed skin breakdown while in a nursing home. Often, these residents develop bed sores or pressure sores, also called decubitus ulcers. What leads these residents…
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What is “Arbitration” and Why Does the Nursing Home Want Me to Agree to It?
March 28th, 2023
If you are admitting someone you love into a nursing home, it is imperative to read all of the admission documents very carefully. Be on the lookout for an arbitration clause. This is a clause that will either be called an “Arbitration Clause” or…
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Former Nurse at Capri Gardens Nursing Home in Lewis Center, Ohio Sentenced in Criminal Case
March 16th, 2023
A former nurse who worked at the Capri Gardens Nursing Home in Lewis Center, Ohio, was sentenced in a criminal case on Monday, February 27, 2023. She pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter, which is a third-degree felony, relative to the death of a…
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How Do I Know If My Parent is Receiving Good Care in a Nursing Home?
March 1st, 2023
With the holidays recently concluded and the new year beginning, many of us have just been to visit loved ones in nursing homes and in assisted living facilities. These visits may have sparked some concerns and left you wondering if your loved one is…
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Types of Abuse and Neglect in a Nursing Home
March 1st, 2023
Here at The Dickson Firm, we are contacted almost every day by someone who would like to know if their loved one is receiving appropriate care at a nursing home. Oftentimes, the nursing homes tell them that whatever happened to their loved one at the…
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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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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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