Nursing homes are entrusted with keeping many people’s loved ones safe and healthy. Unfortunately, when they are negligent, it can result in residents getting sick, injured, or worse, so you need to watch for these potential signs of nursing home neglect and abuse: (more…)
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Every year, a shocking number of New Yorkers are severely injured due to their falling down open sidewalk, cellar doors. Most of these injuries could have been avoided if the cellar door hadn’t been carelessly left open, in the first place. Here are seven facts about cellar door injuries: (more…)
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Eleven people have been sickened, and one person is dead, after an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Napa County, California. After testing, a cooling tower at a hotel in Napa County was found to have a large amount of the Legionella bacteria, and the tower was shut down as a…
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When you entrust your loved one to a nursing home, you expect that their care will meet basic nursing home standards. Unfortunately, abuse and neglect are too common in many nursing homes. Your loved ones might be suffering without your realizing it. Look for these six signs of nursing home…
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NEW YORK, NY — Ronald J. Katter of The Katter Law Firm was sworn in as President of the Jewish Lawyers Guild by the Hon. Barbara Kapnick, Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, on December 1. The Jewish Lawyers Guild is an organization of lawyers and…
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The coronavirus pandemic has been a harsh time to live through, but no one suffered quite as much as nursing home residents and their families. Nursing home patients had some of the earliest diagnosis of COVID-19. They also experienced the highest rates of infection and fatalities. Due to isolation rules…
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