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Many families contact The Dickson Firm about a potential case. However, despite the fact that they are concerned that their loved one is not receiving proper care, they are often afraid that if they complain, or if they initiate a lawsuit, the nursin… Read More

Tragically, we see many cases at The Dickson Firm involving medication errors in nursing homes. Recently, we represented a resident of a nursing home for whom his physician had prescribed a 100 microgram per hour fentanyl patch. Fentanyl is a very po… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More