http://www.southcarolinanursinghomelawyerblog.com/ Published by The Jeffcoat Firm en-us 2010-03-02T11:07:40-05:00 http://www.southcarolinanursinghomelawyerblog.com/2010/03/a_biker_gang_for_nursing_home.html It's true. Well, it's sort of true. The Bethesda Retirement Center, a not-for-profit home near Chicago, recently organized a night out at a biker bar called the Evil Olive after nursing home resident Elizabeth Barrett asked about it. A group... Nursing Home Abuse Michael Jeffcoat 2010-03-02T11:07:40-05:00 http://www.southcarolinanursinghomelawyerblog.com/2010/02/hidden_camera_evidence_helps_j.html After two careful days of deliberation, citizens in Ventura County, California determined that stroke victim Maria Arellano had been harmed profoundly - so profoundly that they measured the harms at $7.75 million dollars. Mrs. Arellano was nearly seventy years old,... Nursing Home Abuse Michael Jeffcoat 2010-02-18T09:22:45-05:00 http://www.southcarolinanursinghomelawyerblog.com/2010/02/problems_in_longterm_care_hosp.html In yesterday's New York Times, Alex Berenson reported on an underappreciated threat to thousands of vulnerable patients in our country. More than 400 long-term acute care hospitals have opened across the country in the past quarter century. Just like the... Nursing Home Abuse Michael Jeffcoat 2010-02-10T15:13:27-05:00 http://www.southcarolinanursinghomelawyerblog.com/2010/02/new_york_citizens_value_damage.html The mistreatment of John Danzy was so bad that it made history in the State of New York. His case was the first in New York State where a jury decided that punitive damages had to be awarded against the... Nursing Home Abuse Michael Jeffcoat 2010-02-10T14:22:11-05:00 http://www.southcarolinanursinghomelawyerblog.com/2010/01/75_million_verdict_for_damages.html Through no fault of her own, Maria Arellano had suffered stroke. That stroke left her unable to speak. Communication with anyone became profoundly difficult. She was 71 years old when she began residing at the Florence Convalescent Center in Ventura,... Nursing Home Abuse Michael Jeffcoat 2010-01-13T12:35:32-05:00 http://www.southcarolinanursinghomelawyerblog.com/2009/09/charleston_nursing_center_in_m.html Sixty-nine year old Raymond Hollingsworth suffered from Crohn’s disease and dementia. On July 22, 1999 he was admitted to the Charleston Nursing Center located in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. At the time, he had just a small, dime-sized blister on... Nursing Home Abuse Michael Jeffcoat 2009-09-03T08:09:29-05:00 http://www.southcarolinanursinghomelawyerblog.com/2009/07/when_nursing_homes_put_their_p.html When they can no longer care for themselves, elderly people still deserve good care. They deserve to be treated with dignity. Sadly, nursing home corporations frequently do not provide humane treatment to our loved ones. Some of the things that... Nursing Home Abuse Michael Jeffcoat 2009-07-29T14:27:33-05:00 http://www.southcarolinanursinghomelawyerblog.com/2009/07/mold_investigation_reveals_sec.html In May of 2009, while investigating Charlotte Harbor Healthcare, a nursing home in Port Charlotte, Florida, for mold, investigators found much more. According to press reports, secret cameras were tucked away above several residents’ rooms and above the staffs’ break... Nursing Home Abuse Michael Jeffcoat 2009-07-29T10:39:08-05:00 http://www.southcarolinanursinghomelawyerblog.com/2009/07/beware_of_nursing_care_scams.html Constantinha Charron of Richland County, South Carolina, was arrested and charged with swindling, exploitation of a vulnerable adult and perjury. Ms. Charron operated through a company called Caring Hearts and Hands. According to reports, Ms. Charron told clients that she... Nursing Home Abuse Michael Jeffcoat 2009-07-29T10:23:32-05:00 http://www.southcarolinanursinghomelawyerblog.com/2009/07/13_million_verdict_against_cal.html 82 year old Elaine Stinson was suffering the effects of Alzheimer’s disease as well as recovering from hip surgery. Her 92 year old husband, Alvin, couldn't care for her so he placed her in Leisure Palms, a small six bed... Nursing Home Abuse Michael Jeffcoat 2009-07-29T10:13:26-05:00