Nursing Home Neglect: What Families Need to Know
At Basch Keegan & Spada, we’ve seen firsthand the heartbreaking consequences of nursing home neglect—avoidable deaths, overdoses, and injuries that never should have happened. In many of these cases, the underlying issue is clear: understaffed facilities run by corporations that are more focused on profits than patient care. Attorney Maureen A. Keegan describes several recent cases as “outrageous,” including a death caused by […]
Local Nursing Home Held Accountable After Patient Falls Three Times
Assisted living and nursing home facilities are routinely understaffed because the owners of these facilities often put profits over safety. Staffing shortages will result in problems and neglect, including patient falls. Basch Keegan & Spada recently recovered $300,000 from a local nursing home that allowed an infirm patient to fall three times in a three-week […]
Antipsychotic Drug Use in Nursing Homes Can Be Unnecessary and Dangerous
In what is now a frowned-upon practice, many nursing home residents are prescribed unnecessary antipsychotic medications. Some researchers believe that a full 25% of all nursing home residents are currently on antipsychotic drugs, while only 5% of those individuals actually need those drugs for medical reasons. While it is estimated that 60% to 70% of […]
Revised Rating System of Nursing Homes Causes Local Facilities’ Ratings to Fall
Local nursing homes in both Dutchess and Orange County now hold lower quality ratings, according to Medicare’s five-star rating system. Medicare has long rated nursing homes across the country on a five-star scale by following a certain rubric which bases the rating on three measures: health inspections, quality measures, and staffing. “Quality measures” account for […]