Q: What if the victim of nursing home neglect is alive and there is a question about whether they are competent? There’s competency and capacity. The ethical rules say that you should talk to your client and reach them wherever they are, meaning that you need to communicate at the level that your client can […]

If the victim of the neglect died as a result, then the primary person who would file a nursing home neglect lawsuit is their spouse, if alive. If the spouse is not living, then commonly, the children of the neglected adult would bring the claim.  If the victim of the neglect is still alive, then […]

Q: If I make a report to the Department of Quality Assurance for nursing home neglect what happens next? What do they do? I recommend reporting nursing home neglect because the DQA has tremendous investigative powers and can be a solution to the situation. The DQA can investigate at a level ordinary people cannot. They […]

The key to evaluating the care of a nursing home is simply this: the level of care of that the nursing home needs to provide must meet the level of assistance that the resident requires. In other words, you can’t have a disconnect between level of need and level of care. That can mean that […]