Is Your Loved One Safe? Uncovering Bedsore Risks in Missouri Nursing Homes
As a Kansas City nursing home abuse attorney, we have witnessed the devastating effects of elder abuse in nursing homes. One of the most common and overlooked forms of abuse is neglect, which often manifests as bedsores or pressure ulcers. These painful sores are not only a sign of inadequate care but can also lead to severe health complications if left untreated. Whether your loved one suffered a [...]
Prevent Elder Abuse: Warning Signs in Missouri Nursing Homes
Elder abuse in nursing homes is a deeply troubling issue that affects countless families across Missouri. As loved ones age and require more care, families often turn to nursing homes to provide the necessary support. However, instances of elder abuse can turn these supposed safe havens into places of fear and harm. This is where the role of a Kansas City nursing home abuse lawyer becomes crucial.Understanding the warning signs [...]
What Constitutes Nursing Home Abuse or Neglect in Missouri?
Imagine your elderly parent, who was previously full of vigor and vitality, now falls into an often overlooked and silent demographic. As their child, you feel the heart-wrenching responsibility of doing what's best for them as they age, even if that means entrusting their care to a nursing home facility. You hope for the best but dread the worst. Days quickly turn into weeks, and you start noticing [...]
Supreme Court Ruling: A Victory for Nursing Home Residents and Their Families
At The Steele Law Firm, we are dedicated to holding nursing homes accountable for the care of their residents. We are committed to fighting against nursing homes who put profits over people, resulting in chronic understaffing, inadequate training, and insufficient policies and management. This can lead to severe injuries such as pressure ulcers, falls, or even death. Today, we are pleased to share a recent Supreme Court ruling that strengthens [...]
DHHS: 25% of Nursing Home Abuse Cases not Reported
Over One Quarter of Nursing Home Abuse Cases Not Reported to Police, Says Department of Health and Human Services An ongoing investigation by the Office of Inspector General in the Department of Health and Human Services has released an alert to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that more needs to be done to identify cases of abuse. While the full report from the investigation won’t be completed [...]
Pressure Injury Staging System 2016 Updates
Nursing home negligence occurs when homes neglect the very residents they are supposed to protect. One of the more common injuries resulting from this is pressure ulcers, or as they are called now “pressure injuries,” according to the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Pressure Injury Staging System. This is more than just a change in terminology though, as it was made because it better describes the actual injury. This is [...]
Special Focus Facilities
In most fields and areas of life, there are consequences for failing to live up to basic standards. In nursing homes though, this is often not the case. Nursing homes are given inspections or surveys, in order to ensure they are complying with basic standards necessary for the welfare of their residents. However, historically facilities that showed deficiencies during these inspections have had very little in the way of consequences [...]
South Carolina Arbitration Opinion
Families go to nursing homes during some of their most vulnerable times. You would hope in their time of need, that the home would show compassion and worry solely about best meeting the needs of their new-found resident. Unfortunately, many homes have other things on their mind when admitting the loved one of an emotionally fragile family. Many homes use this opportunity to limit liability by pushing arbitration clauses on [...]
Pressure Sores
Nursing homes are negligent when they neglect or abuse the very residents they are entrusted to protect. Unfortunately, pressure sores – or bedsores as they are sometimes known – are one of the most common forms of nursing home neglect and abuse. In fact, the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Pressure Injury Staging System (“NPUAP”) has determined that a pressure sore should instead be called a “pressure injury.”[1] This constitutes [...]
Missouri Omnibus Nursing Home Act
Missouri Omnibus Nursing Home Act--how to get around damage caps, how the statute allows for punitive damages and attorney fees. No family wants to file a nursing home negligence claim. That is the thing that most people will never understand. There are around 15,700 nursing home and 1.4 million residents in nursing home in the United States.[1] There are many more incidences of nursing home abuse among these residents [...]
