The Dickson Firm represents nursing home residents and their families in cases against the owners and the operators of nursing homes throughout the State of Ohio.
As Cleveland Elder Law attorneys here at The Dickson Firm, who handle cases against Cleveland nursing homes and nursing homes throughout the State of Ohio involving the abuse and neglect of nursing home residents, one of the hardest parts of our job is when we get a call from a family who has waited too […]
As a Cleveland nursing home attorney, I get calls all the time about Cleveland nursing homes. I get calls from friends about placing their loved ones in Cleveland nursing homes. I also get calls from people with concerns they have about their loved one who is already a resident in a Cleveland nursing home. One […]
As Cleveland nursing home attorneys, we receive calls on a regular basis from individuals whose loved one was admitted to a nursing home and suffered injury. One of the most common causes of injury are falls. Falls can be extremely harmful for elderly nursing home residents. Falls can lead to fractures which can lead to […]
According to a February 25 report from News 5 Cleveland, an Ohio Department of Health survey found the Avenue at Warrensville Care and Rehabilitation Center failed to provide "adequate supervision" to prevent Alvera Meuti, 84, from leaving the facility, which resulted in "Immediate Jeopardy" and "actually harm leading to death." To read the full article […]
A Cuyahoga County grand jury is expected to hear the case of an 84-year-old woman who died on Christmas eve at The Avenue at Warrensville Care and Rehabilitation Center Nursing Home in Warrensville Heights. Amber Henderson, 31, of Willoughby Hills, was charged in Bedford Municipal Court with involuntary manslaughter, gross neglect of a patient, and […]
I write a lot of articles in this blog about how to choose the right nursing home, when to move your loved one to a safer nursing home, and many ways to keep your loved one safe in the nursing home. Our preference would be that everybody chooses a safe nursing home for their loved […]
Between 700,000 and 1,000,000 patients of healthcare facilities fall each year. A significant portion of those result in a preventable injury. A significant portion of those individuals will die, as a result. Nursing homes often argue that not all falls are preventable. This is likely true. It is likely accurate that not every single fall […]
Americans, age 75 and older, face the highest risk of fatal brain injuries, according to new research examining traumatic brain injury deaths throughout the United States. The research, published in the journal, Brain Injury, analyzed U.S. mortality rates from 2021, finding that adults 75 and older experience nearly 87 deaths per 100,000 people, more than […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio – A Cuyahoga County grand jury is expected to hear the case of an 84-year-old woman who died Christmas Eve at a Warrensville nursing home. Amber Henderson, 31, of Willoughby Hills was charged in Bedford Municipal Court with involuntary manslaughter... To read the full article visit Cleveland.
An employee at a Florida nursing home is accused of striking disabled residents multiple times, authorities said. Detectives began investigating a report Dec. 23 that two residents were abused by an employee at Lake Haven Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility in Dunedin, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said in a Jan. 7 news release. To read the full […]
