On behalf of Luxenberg Garbett Kelly George, P.C. | Jul 31, 2020 | Nursing Home Negligence
Pennsylvania families who place a loved one in a nursing home assume their loved one will receive quality care and support. Unfortunately, that does not always happen, and innocent patients suffer injuries because of abuse and neglect. There are certain injury...
On behalf of Luxenberg Garbett Kelly George, P.C. | Jul 19, 2019 | Firm News, Nursing Home Negligence
Nursing home negligence isn’t always easy to recognize, but one of the signs that you can easily look out for is a loved one’s water intake. It takes only a few hours to see if your loved one is drinking enough water. Why? During the span of a few hours,...
On behalf of Luxenberg Garbett Kelly George, P.C. | Jun 21, 2019 | Firm News, Nursing Home Negligence
When you find out that your loved one has been rushed to the emergency room after a fall in a nursing home, you may have many things on your mind. You want to make sure they’re okay and that they’ll survive. You want to know that those who allowed this to...
On behalf of Luxenberg Garbett Kelly George, P.C. | May 10, 2019 | Firm News, Nursing Home Negligence
Nursing home negligence isn’t something most people expect to see happening. Negligence tends to be a result of inadequate staffing, which is commonplace in America’s nursing homes.Most of the time, negligence isn’t going to be intentional. For...
On behalf of Luxenberg Garbett Kelly George, P.C. | Mar 28, 2019 | Firm News, Nursing Home Negligence
In a nursing home, there are requirements that the staff must meet in order to keep patients safe. Some of those requirements include providing:Adequate shelter Appropriate food and enough food Appropriate clothing for the season Medical care in a timely fashion...
On behalf of Luxenberg Garbett Kelly George, P.C. | Feb 15, 2019 | Firm News, Nursing Home Negligence
It’s a reality that nursing home abuse often goes unreported. The sad thing about that is that with proper reporting and intervention, a single instance of abuse doesn’t have to turn into multiple cases. Simply reporting the negligence or abuse taking...
On behalf of Luxenberg Garbett Kelly George, P.C. | Dec 20, 2018 | Firm News, Nursing Home Negligence
Nursing home negligence is just as bad as outright abuse. It is just as unacceptable to ignore a patient as it is to hurt them intentionally. For instance, a nursing home with call buttons is supposed to have nurses and aids ready to come to the assistance of those...
On behalf of Luxenberg Garbett Kelly George, P.C. | Dec 7, 2018 | Firm News, Nursing Home Negligence
Tragically, nursing home abuse is more common than many people realize. According to ABC News, abuse occurs in around 35 percent of nursing homes across the United States.Common signs of nursing home abuse are bruises, broken bones, bed sores, dehydration and...
