We understand how you feel. You don’t want to profit from your parent’s suffering or death in a Louisville nursing home. You Won’t Even if your wrongful death case is successful and you recover money in a settlement or court verdict, you will not profit…
That is a personal decision that deserves serious thought. While we can’t tell you what to do, we would suggest that you move your surviving parent if you have any concerns at all about his or her safety. You certainly don’t want to risk the…
I am sorry to hear about your mother’s passing. You ask an important question that could affect whether her estate, and thereby her children or other heirs, are able to recover damages. Generally, the fact that your mother passed away in the hospital rather than…
We can’t answer for the nursing home staff or tell you exactly why someone else is failing to return your call. However, we can tell you generally why a nursing home might not want to talk to you and, even more importantly, what you can…
It seems unthinkable. Why would a respected nursing home in Louisville, Shelbyville, or La Grange cover up the abuse of one staff member who killed a resident? Why wouldn’t the nursing home stand by the family, admit what happened, and take action against the person…
It is not legal for a caregiver to administer a prescription medication that has not been ordered by the patient’s physician. However, even if sedatives have been prescribed for a nursing home patient, they are often unnecessary or being used for the wrong reasons. Over…