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.
Alvera Meuti was reportedly pronounced dead after she was found lying on outside a care and rehabilitation center in Ohio on Dec. 24. An 84-year-old woman reportedly died on Christmas Eve after she remained outside her nursing home in Ohio because nurses thought she had left in the care of her brother. To read the […]
The Warrensville Heights police are investigating the death of an elderly woman after she was found unresponsive outside of The Avenue at Warrensville Care and Rehabilitation Center on Christmas Eve. According to the Warrensville Heights police report, an 84-year-old woman was last seen by a nurse at 8:40 p.m. on December 23, 2024. She was […]
WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio (WJW) — Warrensville Heights police are investigating the death of an elderly woman after she was found unresponsive outside of the Avenue Warrensville Care and Rehabilitation Center on Christmas Eve. To read the full article visit Fox 8 News.
Did you know that there was a law in Ohio known as the Nursing Home Residents Bill of Rights? The Ohio State Legislature passed this law many years ago and it is known as the Nursing Home Residents Bill of Rights. This law is Ohio Revised Code § 3721.13. The rights of a nursing home […]
Many people ask us what to look for to see if a nursing home resident is being neglected or abused. Nursing homes are obligated to notify a resident's physician any time they have a significant change in condition, and they are obligated to document that notification. Further, if the nursing home resident is not mentally […]
We have just finished the Thanksgiving holiday. Christmas and New Year's Day are right around the corner. During this holiday season, many people travel to see their loved ones. In fact, the news is reporting that more people plan to travel by car and by plane than ever before. Often, people see their loved ones […]
We recently posted an article on our website about a nursing home employee who was caught on camera going through an elderly resident's purse. He was eventually charged with burglary. The woman was a resident at Symphony, an assisted living facility in Olmsted Falls. Her maintenance man was caught on camera rifling through her purse. […]
I recently had a scheduling conference in a case where we had been fighting the issue of binding arbitration. What is arbitration? You may have heard of arbitration in the context of credit card companies or hotels. You may even had heard of it in the context of nursing home cases. What is arbitration? Arbitration […]
We received another call the other day from a resident who had been assaulted in a nursing home. An aide had hit him in the face causing injury to his face and loss of vision in one of his eyes. This tragic situation happens more often than most people think. So what is to be […]
By Kelly Kennedy OLMSTED FALLS, Ohio (WOIO) - A former nursing home employee has been charged with several felonies months after we showed you a disturbing video of him attempting to steal from one of the residents. This is the video that shocked the family of an 84-year-old grandmother. She was a resident at Symphony an […]
