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When you place an elderly family member into the hands of nursing home staff, you assume that they will receive the utmost care. However, even the nation’s highest-rated nursing homes face complaints from residents and their family members. If long-term…

In America, there are more than 1.4 million senior citizens living in nursing homes. Deciding whether to place an elderly relative in a nursing home is often a difficult decision for many families, even though nursing homes should be a…

In early January, New York State Attorney General Letitia James released a report on the state’s handling of nursing home safety and reporting during the pandemic. Among the report’s most significant findings were significant errors in nursing home death toll…

On April 19th, New York State Senators Tom O’Mara and Anthony Palumbo advanced a motion to send multiple subpoenas related to the state’s handling of nursing homes during the pandemic along with potential inaccuracies in death toll reporting. Some subpoenas…

As your loved ones get older, you’ll probably start a conversation with your family members about how you plan to care for them. Most of these conversations end in a decision to entrust the aging family member to a caregiver.…

As people around the world are scrambling for the opportunity to receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, some American essential workers are choosing to opt-out. EMS workers, doctors, nurses, and other frontline workers are turning down the vaccines…

COVID has brought about drastic changes to every industry, and like many professionals, lawyers have had to adapt to the challenges and “new normal” posed by the pandemic. In many ways, attorneys had to reinvent themselves to become “COVID-19 attorneys”.…

Ombudsmen represent nursing home residents and are advocates for their health, safety, and welfare. Every state has a long-term care ombudsman program that employs thousands of ombudsmen who are tasked with improving the quality of senior care. In fact, under…

As the COVID-19 situation in New York escalated, Governor Andrew Cuomo was quickly heralded by New Yorkers as the hero of the pandemic. He was consistently portrayed as a source of accurate, reliable information and valiant public servant, working tirelessly…