BEASLEY ALLEN LEGAL NEWS | June 2, 2009
Complaint alleges nursing home facility put profits over people, misrepresenting its ability to properly care for residents in order to hold onto government funding.
Fox10tv.com | April 30, 2009
BAY MINETTE, Ala. - Hollis Thorn served in the Navy during the 1940's, then became a baptist minister. After his retirement, Thorn was stricken with diabetes.
Beasley Allen Press Release | January 30, 2009
MONTGOMERY, ALA, January 30, 2009 -- A lawsuit was filed today in the Circuit Court of Baldwin County, Ala., on behalf of the family of Leroy Myers, a decorated war veteran who died as the result of a fall on May 3, 2007, while under supervised nursing care at the W.F. Green State Veterans Home. Defendants named in the suit include HMR Advantage Health Systems, Inc.; Health Management Resources - Governmental Services, Inc.; HMR of Bay Minette, Inc.; and Health Management Resources, Inc. All of these companies had the responsibility for operation and management of the facility.
Birmingham News | January 30, 2009
A lawsuit has been filed against the firm that manages the Alabama's three veterans homes, charging negligence led to the death in 2007 of a resident in the William F. Green Veterans Home in Bay Minette.
Beasley Allen Legal News | April 30, 2008
According to the best available estimates, between 1 and 2 million Americans age 65 or older have been injured, exploited or otherwise mistreated by someone on whom they depended for care or protection. Only 1 in 14 incidents of elder abuse in domestic settings come to the attention of authorities.
The Des Moines Register | March 3, 2008
Last year, the state fined 23 Iowa nursing homes $10,000 or more for providing substandard care. Some of those homes were also hit with federal fines and sanctions against their state licenses.
Of those 23 homes, 16 stand to collect bonus Medicaid payments this year from state and federal taxpayers. The bonuses are tied to a state program that rewards nursing homes for providing quality, cost-effective care.
The Tampa Tribune | January 22, 2008
Ronald Larsen, the elderly man who was neglected to the point that cancer consumed nearly half his face, has died.
Evansville Courier & Press | January 15, 2008
Whether staff at an Evansville nursing home provided appropriate care for an 86-year-old woman who ultimately died is the central question in an ongoing trial in Vanderburgh Circuit Court this week.
In the Consumer's Corner | January 3, 2008
Filing a civil suit against a nursing home that has caused serious injury or even death to a loved one is not the only avenue of redress against the nursing facility and its staff. Most families of residents in nursing homes are unaware that nursing home staff members may be prosecuted for the abuse…
LawyersandSettlements.com | November 30, 2007
Kathleen Sadlier transferred her mother, Rita, from a hospital to a nursing home, thinking she would get rehabilitation. Instead, her mother received poor care and even an injury.
