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New Report Illustrates Inhumane Conditions in Nursing Homes – LTCCC

January 21, 2020 – For far too many nursing home residents, adequate care and treatment with dignity are out of reach. Though nursing home standards are strong, the promise of those standards is frequently broken. Last year, a resident’s daughter…

Jan 21, 2020

by Dalli & Marino

Image of John Dalli Addressing New York State Civil Court

John Dalli shares how he and his firm Dalli & Marino combat nursing home abuse and neglect in a presentation to the New York State Civil Court Board of Judges. John Dalli, a partner in law firm Dalli & Marino…

Sep 26, 2019

by Dalli & Marino

Why Is My Mom Confused After Two Weeks in a Nursing Home?

Many Nursing Homes Abuse Antipsychotic Drugs As “Chemical Restraints” Each week, 179,000 nursing home residents are given antipsychotic drugs for conditions that the medications were not approved for, according to the Human Rights Watch. Unfortunately many nursing homes use antipsychotics…

Sep 5, 2019

by Dalli & Marino

woman listening to a lawyer discuss a nursing home's forced arbitration document

Read This Before Signing A Nursing Home Contract

Forced Arbitration Clauses Prevent You from Suing a Nursing Home in Court for Neglect or Abuse of a Loved One Placing a family member in a nursing home is stressful. It can be even more traumatic when a choice must…

Jun 26, 2019

by Dalli & Marino

Bedsores Hard to Spot in Nursing Home Residents If You Don’t Suspect Them

Not all of the 15,000+ nursing homes in the U.S. were created equally. News headlines this month confirmed this when a Senate report revealed that for budget reasons nearly 400 troubled nursing homes were left off of a federal agency’s…

Jun 19, 2019

by Dalli & Marino

What You Should Know About World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is Saturday, June 15. But recent data about abuse and senior citizens reveals a growing problem that should have our attention each day. At least one in 10 Americans above the age of 60 has…

Jun 12, 2019

by Dalli & Marino

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