Nursing Home Abuse

What Often Lies Behind Nursing Home Abuse

Posted in Nursing Home Abuse on December 23, 2013

Author: Rosenberg & Gluck, LLP Nursing Home Abuse:Neglect A 2011 study conducted by the New York Office for the Aging and Cornell University estimated that nursing home abuse rates were 24 times higher than what was reported to authorities. The study revealed that in 2011, approximately 260,000 New York residents over the age of 65… read more

Nursing Home Neglect Can Result in Bed Sores

Posted in Nursing Home Abuse on December 21, 2013

Author: Rosenberg & Gluck, LLP Suffolk County Accident Lawyers The New York Times reported that 503,300 patients in U.S. hospitals in 2006 suffered from a bedsore that developed before or during their stay. That figure had increased 78.9 percent over the 1993 figure of 281,300 patients who had developed bedsores. The statistical increase led the… read more