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Dementia in its Advanced Stages Now Defined as a Terminal Illness

Although early-stage dementia emerges as a memory disorder that commonly affects the aging mind, the end-stage effects are extensive and the illness is terminal.  Based on new research that our California skilled nursing home lawyers have discovered, experts have redefined advanced dementia as fatal failure of the brain. The study revealed that patients who reach [...]

Understanding Nursing Home Litigation: Damages

‘Damages’ refers to losses sustained do to physical or psychological injury for which you can be compensated for.  In cases involving injury or death, damages are assessed in terms of money compensation.  In order to recover damages, you first must establish that an employee of a nursing home or the facility itself did something wrong [...]

Pressure Mounts against Forced Arbitration

Several consumer advocacy groups are calling for Congress to enact legislation that would ban corporations from making it mandatory for customers to sign arbitration agreements that waive their right to file a lawsuit if a dispute arises.  On September 14, one day before a congressional hearing on forced arbitration, Public Citizen released a report alleging [...]

Prescription Medications Commonly Taken by Nursing Home Residents May be Linked to Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) is a systemic disorder that affects the skin and mucous membranes, usually caused by a severe drug reaction.  Those affected by SJS often begin to experience flu-like symptoms (fever, sore throat, cough, burning eyes), which often progresses to red or purple rashes and blisters on the skin, especially around the mouth, nose, [...]

Study Reveals that Aggression between Nursing-Home Residents More Common than Widely Believed

When people hear about elder abuse in nursing homes, they usually think of staff members victimizing the residents.  However our San Diego elder abuse lawyers have discovered research by Cornell faculty members who suggests that a more prevalent and serious problem may be aggression and violence that occurs between the residents themselves. Although the issue [...]

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