Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Can You Sue a Nursing Home if a Loved One Contracts COVID-19?
Of all the ways COVID-19 has caused stress for the residents of Florida, perhaps no group has felt it more than residents within nursing homes. Not only were they unable to see their loved ones for several months, but one case of the coronavirus in a nursing home facility can spell disaster for everyone… Read More »
How Nursing Homes Hide Abuse/Neglect
Nursing home abuse/neglect happens all too often in Florida, and throughout the rest of the country. Many nursing home facilities in the Sunshine State genuinely care about their residents and want to take the best care of them. Unfortunately, others look for shortcuts that result in harm to the residents, or they outright abuse/neglect… Read More »
Living in Fear of Nursing Home Retaliation
Victims of nursing home abuse and/or nursing home neglect are usually afraid to speak up when it comes to reporting the wrongdoing to their family members, the authorities, or investigators. Why is this? The unfortunate reality of many older nursing homes and assisted living residents is that they are unable to physically protect themselves,… Read More »
Getting Old is Inevitable but Elder Abuse is Not
Trusting the care of an elderly loved one into the hands of a nursing home is not an easy decision for families. Nevertheless, families make these decisions and expect their loved ones will be safe and healthy in these nursing homes. Sadly, nursing homes do not always meet this expectation. All too often there… Read More »
Consulate Health Care Faces Scrutiny in Florida
Consulate Health Care owns a tenth of Florida’s nursing homes. In Hillsborough County they run multiple care centers. There are another 67 locations in other cities throughout the state. Recently, Consulate Health Care has come under scrutiny for both defrauding the government and for poor handling of coronavirus. Fraud For Providing Unnecessary Medical Treatments… Read More »
Determining Abuse Without Visiting the Nursing Home
ABC10 News spoke with a California State Long-Term Ombudsman, Joseph Rodrigues, in June regarding the recent drop in elder abuse reports this spring. According to Rodrigues, reports of elderly abuse have gone down substantially since the start of the pandemic. He said they received 603 reports of abuse, neglect and exploitation in February. In… Read More »
‘I Want to Be With Her.’ When Covid Closed Nursing Homes, One Husband Moved In
By | Photographs by Andrea Bruce for The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2020 11:47 am ET When nursing homes began barring visitors to keep the coronavirus out, Jack Eccles decided to move in. To read full article, click here
Heat-Related Illnesses in Nursing Homes
U.S. Climate Data reports that the average high temperature for Tampa in the summer is 90 degrees fahrenheit. With some days being cooler, there are also summer days in Tampa where it approaches 100 degrees outside. It is wonderful for nursing home patients to enjoy time outdoors throughout the day, but in the summer… Read More »
Study: Nursing Home Residents Not Protected From Antipsychotic Drugs Under Trump
Enforcement of rules protecting nursing home residents from antipsychotic drugs has declined during the Trump administration, according to a new report. Almost 300,000 nursing home residents are given antipsychotic drugs each week, even though most have no psychosis to justify it. But since the beginning of the Trump administration, nursing homes have rarely paid… Read More »
Trump reduced fines for nursing home violations. Then Covid-19 happened.
The Obama administration cracked down on nursing homes with infection control problems. Trump reversed course. By Dylan Matthewsdylan@vox.com Jul 14, 2020, 5:00am EDT Starting in February and escalating into early March, the nursing home in a Seattle suburb became one of the disease’s first hot spots in the United States. By March 9, more… Read More »
