Category: Nursing Home Abuse News
Oregon Nursing Home Abuse Spikes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Posted on behalf of RizkLaw in Nursing Home AbuseSince January 2020, more than 150,000 nursing home residents have lost their lives to the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the last two years, the risks of COVID-19 in nursing homes have received considerable national media attention, but the pandemic may have …
Read moreOregon’s Hidden Senior Care Abuses
Posted on behalf of RizkLaw in Nursing Home AbuseOne of the most troubling decisions you may face in your lifetime is deciding whether or not a parent or senior relative should be placed in the care of a nursing home. In many cases, families do not have a …
Read moreNursing Home Sexual Abuse in the United States
Posted on behalf of RizkLaw in Nursing Home AbuseImagine that you are helpless in bed, relying on another’s care for survival. One day, as you are being fed or bathed or changed, your caregiver turns against you and forces you to perform sex acts on him or takes …
Read moreNursing Home Residents Get Their Day in Court
Posted on behalf of RizkLaw in Nursing Home AbuseOn September 28, 2016, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) within Health and Human Services, controlling more than $1 trillion in Medicare and Medicaid funding, has moved to prevent nursing homes from forcing arbitration clauses into nursing home …
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