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Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect
- Skilled Nursing Facilities - Real Estate or Health Care?
- Nurse-to-Patient ratios have affected care in nursing homes.
- Omega's nursing home/long term care acquisitions: can nursing homes plead poverty?
- Nursing Homes Misuse Money Marked for Staffing: Evidence of Corporate Neglect?
- Nursing home abuse in North Carolina, Unfair Arbitration Clauses
Medical Negligence, Mistakes and Malpractice
- Medical Malpractice Myth - Tom Baker's Book
- Medical Malpractice Insurers Faked Lawsuit Crisis
- Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform: AAJ Primer
- Would Tort or Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Reform Lower Health Care Costs?
- Americans for Insurance Reform Articles on Medical Malpractice
Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
- Auto Accident Insurance (Underinsured Motorist Coverage)
- Life Care Plans for Future Care in Personal Injury Cases Add Up
- $1.9 Million Settlement to Man Killed by Drunk Driver
- Threat of Personal Injury from Dog Bites in Fayetteville North Carolina
Insurance: Unfair Insurance Claim Practices
- Assurant Insurance (formerly Fortis Insurance) Pays Dearly For Misconduct
- Buying Disability Insurance Article May Help Avoid Problems With Unfair Disability Insurance Claim Denials
- Unum Insurance, Provident Life Insurance, Paul Revere Insurance - Regulatory Settlement Details, etc.
- Independent Insurance Adjusters - Help With Insurance Claim Problems
- Insurance Bad Faith Claims on Wikipedia
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- Article on Nursing Home Injury and Nursing Home Wrongful Death Lawsuit Pioneer
Posted on 5/14/2009 - Sunbridge Nursing Home Lawsuit Filed
Posted on 5/13/2009 - Family sues nursing home in alleged sex attack
Posted on 5/13/2009 - Kindred Nursing Homes and Hospitals' Profits Increased in First Quarter 2009
Posted on 5/6/2009 - North Carolina Medical Malpractice Case Filed Against Hospital Over Death Of Child
Posted on 5/5/2009
Pleasant Law Blog (Insurance Claims, Medical Misakes, and Nursing Home Claims)
North Carolina Injury and Wrongful Death Attorney Thomas Waitt Pleasant's blog, facilitating commentary on North Carolina nursing home abuse, injury, neglect, and wrongful death; as well as medical malpractice, medical mistakes and medical negligence. Topics also include unfair and bad faith insurance claims practices.Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect
Nursing Home Falls and Fractured/Broken Bones Can Be Prevented
By Thomas Waitt Pleasant, Nursing Home Injury and Wrongful Death Attorney in North Carolina (Toll Free 888-435-7256). A recent online study indicates that nursing homes that take proactive steps (to include tests, medications, etc.) can reduce hip fractures for their nursing home residents. Broken bones and fractures are often the result of falls in elderly nursing home patients; so this study is significant. McKnight’s Long Term Care News & Assisted Living (http://www.mcknights.com/) is a great resource for news and information about nursing homes and the long term care industry in general; and there you will find the actual fracture article referenced here (http://www.mcknights.com/Study-Proactive-measures-can-halve-the-risk-of-hip-fractures-in-seniors/article/120435/?DCMP=EMC-MCK_Daily). It is good to know that people are studying this issue, because fall and fracture prevention (as well as the prevention of all other types of injuries and wrongful deaths) is the ultimate goal. Unfortunately, legal claims and/or lawsuits are often the only way to get the attention of the nursing home facilities (especially large nursing home chains) – by affecting their pocketbooks. Most nursing home attorneys I know got into this business because they saw a way to help change the system, and most would be happy to see fewer of the really bad cases that come through their law offices. I help people with nursing home and medical negligence problems in North Carolina. While my firm’s main locations are in Raleigh, Fayetteville and Wilmington; I travel to and handle cases in other parts of North Carolina as well. Call The Law Offices of Thomas Waitt Pleasant, PLLC at 888-435-7156 for a free consultation.
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