Even if there is no physical abuse displayed on your elderly loved one while under nursing home care, this doesn’t mean medical negligence isn’t present and could cause serious harm. Take the report from Go Erie as an example where a settlement was reached after…
May 5, 2011 – Bowling Green, Kentucky – Daily Markets reports that according to the 2005 Kentucky Elder Oral Health Survey, 80% of nursing homes in Kentucky are providing inadequate oral health care. Almost one-third of residents in the survey had not seen a dentist…
May 3, 2011 – Hickman County, Kentucky – According to a report from Kentucky.com, a lack of oral care in a Kentucky nursing home led to a life-threatening infection in a resident. A Hickman County nursing home, Arbor Place of Clinton, was given what is…
April 26, 2011 – Paducah, KY – In a report from Fox 19, 1 of the 10 so-called “worst nursing homes in the state” of Kentucky has lost access to Medicare payments, leaving the future of 85 residents up in the air. Back in November…
April 7, 2011 – According to Kentucky.com, state investigations find that 18% of nursing homes with claims of abuse and neglect are valid. This recent report pertained to 2010 cases. The report, Elder Abuse in Kentucky, indicated that out of 7,365 investigations of nursing home…
Medicare.gov provides information on which Louisville Kentucky nursing homes have below average ratings from Medicare. The number of nursing homes on the list is shocking. According to federal government site Medicare.gov-Nursing Home Compare, the following nursing homes located in or near Louisville Kentucky (including, Bedford…