Blog: Nursing Home Abuse

Caring for our elders is a BIG business in the United States. As of 2022, there were 26,514 nursing homes in the U.S., housing approximately 1.25 million residents. Another 810,000 elders currently live in assisted living facilities. The industry is experiencing significant growth, and by 2050, it’s estimated that these numbers will TRIPLE, making the ...

Kings Point Retirement Community Many retirees have made Kings Point in Delray Beach, Fla., their home. They may choose the area for many reasons, including the weather, the abundance of lifestyle choices, and for the safety and security that living in a retirement community offers. Unfortunately, some residents are questioning their decision, after a series ...

Nearly 8,000 nursing home residents and staff have passed due to Covid-19, and nursing home negligence may play a role in some of these cases.

Florida’s Nursing Homes COVID19 Cases We are outraged over the recent news that as many as 50% of COVID19-related deaths in Florida have occurred among Florida’s elders populated at the hands of nursing home and assisted living facilities. Inactions and poor-decision making by management of these massive for-profit entities that run Florida’s nursing care industry ...

A 95-year-old resident of Tiffany Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Port St. Lucie died after an unknown attacker smothered him with a pillow. The nursing home staff and it's lack of security may be to blame.

Deaths at Rehabilitation Center gross negligence Shocking details are being released from officials in Hollywood, Florida, which became the scene of national scrutiny this morning as local reports reveal at least eight elder patients of the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills nursing facility are confirmed dead. The bodies were discovered by local police and emergency ...

Sexual Assault at Nursing Home Village on High Ridge It’s not often we come across incidents of sexual abuse or sexual assault occurring between residents at a nursing facility, but it does happen. Take the recent media coverage of one Louis Lawson, an 87-year old man who was caught by staff sexually assaulting an unidentified ...

Worst Nursing Home in Palm Beach County This summer was a busy one for the owners of Avante at Boca Raton, Inc., the operators of the skilled nursing home of the same name in central Boca Raton. On four different visits from field office representatives of the Agency for Health Care Administration, or AHCA, the ...

Nursing Home Slip and Fall Response to the Crisis West Palm Beach, FL area nursing homes can be dangerous places for residents as well as visitors. Falling in a Florida nursing home can lead to massive medical complications, ranging from simple but annoying (e.g., sprained ankle or hip) to catastrophic (e.g., uncontrolled bleeding, traumatic brain ...