Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Nursing Homes Lack Disaster Plans, Putting Residents at Risk

  Mark Favaloro | April 18, 2012 10:08 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  In light of the many natural disasters that have occurred in the last few months across the U.S., the Department of Health and Human Services has issued a timely report regarding the state of...

• Man Awarded $200 Million in the Nursing Home Death of His Mother

  Mark Favaloro | March 13, 2012 8:25 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  In the fall of 2004, a 92-year-old nursing home resident pushed herself in her wheelchair through a door leading to a stairwell. She fell in the wheelchair down the flight of stairs and laid...

• Things to Know About Nursing Home Liability Law

  Randy Appleton | March 11, 2012 3:48 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Choosing a nursing home for a loved one is a heart-wrenching decision for any family. It’s an emotional task, and one that should not and cannot be made lightly. There’s no shortage...

• Pressure Wounds or Ulcers - One Good Turn Deserves Another

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | April 09, 2010 1:23 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Nursing homes for elderly or infirm loved ones are an unfortunate, but sometimes necessary, reality. Many family's come to discover that as their loved ones age, they require care that their family...

• Nursing Home Neglect & Abuse- Is Your Elderly Loved One Being Mistreated?

  Jim Lewis | December 24, 2009 8:32 PM | 1 CommentGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  No one wants to put their elderly loved on in a nursing home facility, but sometimes it is unavoidable. The elderly can require medical care or attention that loved ones just can not provide. When...

• North Carolina Releases a Rating System for Nursing Homes

  Jim Lewis | July 30, 2009 10:05 AM | 1 CommentGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  North Carolina (NC) has started a rating system for nursing homes. So far, 585 of the 1,300 nursing homes registered in North Carolina (NC) have been reviewed. The rating system gives nursing homes...

• The Harsh Reality of Nursing Home Abuse

  Emily Mapp Brannon | June 21, 2009 5:35 PM | 3 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  In most cases, the nursing home and elder care facilities that make up the bulk of the assisted living communities across the United States are staffed with well trained, caring and...

• Spotting Nursing Home Abuse

  Randy Appleton | June 20, 2009 7:09 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  In our busy world where most professionals and their families are too busy with their work and businesses, the elderly members of their families are often left in the care of nursing...

• Helping an Elderly Family Member That Has Been Neglected

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | June 15, 2009 7:16 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Often taking care of an elderly family member is too much to take on alone. This means they must either have the assistance of an in home nursing company or place their aging family member in a...

• Unexpected Patient Death at Goldsboro, North Carolina State Home Sparks Nursing Home/Medical Neglect Investigation

  Emily Mapp Brannon | March 19, 2009 5:52 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  An unexpected death of a female resident at the O’Berry Neuro-Medical Treatment Center in Goldsboro, N.C. has resulted in placing four employees on leave. O’Berry is a state run home...