By nursing home abuse attorney, Blake Dickson Despite the fact that we have more and more information available to us, often making a choice is actually more difficult. You try to choose a restaurant or a hotel in the city you are going to visit. You do a search to find out which is the […]
By nursing home abuse attorney, Blake Dickson Tragically, at The Dickson Firm, we receive calls from families whose loved one has died as a result of neglect. Often these residents have died of dehydration and/or malnutrition. Many nursing home residents need assistance with eating. Some residents have suffered a recent injury. Many of the residents […]
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 […]
Here at The Dickson Firm we are contacted daily by potential clients. We are often asked what to look for in an Ohio nursing home. We talk with people on a regular basis who are placing their loved one in a nursing home or looking for a better nursing home. We also talk with people whose loved […]
Many times when people call our Ohio nursing home lawyers, they are unclear as to what damages are available in a case where a nursing home resident has been neglected or abused. In most of our cases where a nursing home resident is injured or killed as a result of neglect or abuse in a nursing […]
Here at The Dickson Firm, we have been representing nursing home residents and their families for over twenty five (25) years. We have litigation all over the State of Ohio in cases filed against the owners and operators of nursing homes where the resident has been neglected or abused. The most common types of neglect […]
Sadly, we often get calls here at The Dickson Firm about a claim of nursing home neglect and/or abuse, and the claim is time barred. For every claim in the State of Ohio for personal injury and/or wrongful death, there is a time limit, known as a statute of limitations, within which a lawsuit must […]
According to findings recently posted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG), nursing homes fail to report 43% of falls with major injuries. Nursing homes have poor compliance with fall reporting requirements mandated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). As a result, […]
