It’s unfortunate, but examples of nursing home neglect are common. Recently, a retired judge in Kentucky died when he allegedly failed to receive antibiotics that had been prescribed to him. Initially hospitalized with an infection, in which he did receive antibiotics, Judge Dan Schneider was moved to a nursing home for recovery. The judge was...Read More

Last week, news coverage in the Tallahassee CBS News affiliate showed “an estimated 20 percent of Medicare beneficiaries in nursing homes who were transported to hospital emergency rooms in 2016 and treated for a variety of high-risk conditions had been potentially abused or neglected, a report released by the federal government shows. The report also...Read More