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Nursing homes across the country must comply with federal and state regulations. These regulations help protect parents, grandparents, spouses, and other loved ones from abuse and neglect.

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The Impact of Staffing Levels on Nursing Home Care Quality - Garcia & Artigliere, Nursing Home Neglect & Abuse Lawyers Do you suspect that inadequate nursing home staffing injured your loved one? Contact Garcia & Artigliere for help now.

Chemical restraints, often misunderstood and misused, have become a significant issue in nursing homes. These restraints involve the use of medication to control the behavior of residents, particularly those with cognitive impairments like dementia.

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Strokes are a leading cause of disability and death globally, affecting millions of individuals each year. Despite the high incidence and severe consequences of strokes, they are frequently missed or misdiagnosed, leading to catastrophic outcomes.

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Dementia, a condition characterized by a decline in cognitive function, affects memory, reasoning, and the ability to perform everyday activities. This vulnerability makes nursing home residents with dementia particularly susceptible to various forms of abuse, including physical, emotional, financial, and neglect.

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Nursing Home Abuse Attorneys Nationwide - Free Case Review - Garcia & Artigliere, Nursing Home Neglect & Abuse Lawyers If you suspect that an elderly loved one has experienced any type of nursing home abuse, neglect or mistreatment, Garcia & Artigliere are here to help, with over 100 years of experience 📞 call today

On June 20, 2024, Garcia & Artigliere attorneys Stephen M. Garcia and Bill Artigliere, in the matter of Bruce vs. California Care Inc., et al. bearing Los Angeles County Superior Court Case Number 21STCV38690 acquired a judgment for the firm's client in an elder abuse case brought on behalf of the plaintiff for $2,286,699.22. The Complaint alleged that the staff at Beach Terrace Memory Care, a residential care facility for the elderly in Stanton, California, failed to appropriately care for the medical needs of Mr. Bruce and follow physicians' orders. Garcia & Artigliere Attorney Stephen M. Garcia commented, "it is always one of those days where you're happy and sad when there is a judgment entered against the defendant for abusing an elder. This case is no different. In my judgment, Beach Terrace should be put out of business, and the State of California Department of Social Services is simply not doing its job in failing to do so. Unfortunately, with the State not doing its job, we are honored to have stepped in and advanced the interests of the family."

A stroke is a medical emergency that often leads to visible side effects, such as weakness on one side of the body or obvious difficulty with communicating. That is not always the case, though.

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What Is a “Silent” Stroke? - Garcia & Artigliere, Nursing Home Neglect & Abuse Lawyers Did a loved one suffer a silent stroke in a nursing home due to lack of care? Call us to schedule a free consultation today.

All individuals have the right to live in a place that is safe and where they feel supported. That is no different in a nursing home. There are numerous federal laws that put in place rules for nursing homes to follow to ensure that individuals are always protected.

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Nursing homes promise to provide care and a safe environment for those who live there. In some situations, it can feel as though the resident loses a lot of control and the ability to make their own decisions once they enter these locations.

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Nursing home residents in California have rights. Some of those rights are established by federal regulations. However, there are also California-specific requirements that nursing homes must meet to ensure they are providing their residents with the level and type of care they need.

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The decision to move a family member into a nursing home is one of the hardest most children have to make for their parents. To help ensure the process goes well, many people turn to websites like “A Place for Mom” to find out the details, including answering the most pressing question that adult children want to know: “Is my parent going to be safe there?”

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Senior-Care Referral Site “A Place for Mom” Stays Mum on Neglect - Garcia & Artigliere, Nursing Home Neglect & Abuse Lawyers Is your loved one a victim of neglect from a caretaker found on “A Place for Mom?” Call us to schedule a free consultation.

Nursing negligence occurs when a nurse fails to provide a standard level of care that a reasonably careful nurse would provide under similar circumstances, and the failure results in injury or harm to a patient.

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What Is Nursing Negligence? - Garcia & Artigliere, Nursing Home Neglect & Abuse Lawyers Were you or someone you love a victim of nursing negligence? Call us today.

Falls are a common problem in nursing homes, sometimes leading to serious injury or even death. If a nursing home is somehow responsible for an injury a resident sustained in a fall, the facility could be held liable for damages.

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Bedsores are common in acute and long-term care facilities. As the name implies, bedsores are wounds that occur due to prolonged pressure on the skin in bedridden individuals who sit or lie in one position for extended periods.

Can AI Help Reduce the Risk of Bedsores? - Garcia & Artigliere, Nursing Home Neglect & Abuse Lawyers Did your loved one sustain severe bedsores while under nursing home care? Call us today.

Strokes are not just for older people. The number of strokes occurring in people ages 18 to 45 is rapidly increasing.

Think You’re Too Young for a Stroke? Think Again - Garcia & Artigliere, Nursing Home Neglect & Abuse Lawyers If you or a loved one sustained a stroke due to neglect while in long-term care, call a nursing home neglect and abuse attorney today.

Garcia & Artigliere lawyers Stephen M. Garcia and Bill Artigliere are proud to announce having acquired a $550,000.00 settlement on behalf of the firm's elderly client as against a Southern California residential care facility for the elderly which allowed the elderly plaintiff to develop an avoidable decubitus ulcer. The defense relied upon the fact that the plaintiff was a hospice patient asserting that, in effect, "she was old and was going to die." Mr. Garcia and Mr. Artigliere were able to overcome these arguments by careful and diligent discovery exposing a pattern of practice on behalf of the defendants.

Garcia & Artigliere lawyers Stephen M. Garcia and Rosalie Baladejo are proud to announce an $800,000.00 settlement acquired on behalf of the firm's elderly client who was sexually assaulted by a male patient in a Southern California residential care facility for the elderly. Mr. Garcia and Ms. Baladejo were required to overcome video evidence which the defense asserted reflected this interaction being consensual. After careful and diligent research and discovery, Ms. Baladejo and Mr. Garcia were able to learn that the plaintiff lacked the mental capability to consent and were able to utilize those findings to propel a significant settlement.

For many seniors, nursing homes offer a place of support, assisting with daily living and managing chronic health conditions. Medication plays a critical role in maintaining your loved one’s well-being, allowing them to live comfortably and manage any illnesses.

Preventing Medication Errors in Nursing Homes - Garcia & Artigliere, Nursing Home Neglect & Abuse Lawyers What are medication mistakes and how can nursing homes work to prevent them? Find out more from our experienced nursing home abuse lawyers.

After more than eight years of hard fought litigation, and after having had initial efforts to certify a class action based on understaffing denied in arbitration, Garcia & Artigliere lawyers Stephen M. Garcia and David Medby have been able to acquire a $12 million settlement as against Rechnitz nursing facilities in California. Perhaps more importantly, as part and parcel to the settlement, the Rechnitz nursing facilities must now increase their staffing beyond the minimum set by law to afford better care to residents of their facilities.

Mr. Garcia noted, "after nearly 40 years of practicing law I have never been involved in such a hard fought case in my life. The defendants, as I understand it, spent many millions of dollars in defense of this action and threw everything plus the kitchen sink at us including threats of all sorts. We are honored to have stayed the course, fought through these issues and achieved a meaningful settlement which will increase staffing in many nursing facilities in California."

For many families, the decision to place a loved one in a nursing home is a difficult one. Adding an extra layer of complexity is the situation faced by out-of-state families. The miles that separate them from their loved one can create a sense of helplessness and anxiety.

Legal Options for Out-of-State Families With Loved Ones in Nursing Homes - Garcia & Artigliere, Nursing Home Neglect & Abuse Lawyers Find out how to support your elderly loved one in a nursing home when you live out of state, from our nursing home abuse and negligence attorneys.

Garcia & Artigliere lawyers Stephen M. Garcia and Rosalie Baladejo proudly acquired a $900,000.00 settlement on behalf of Southern California resident of a residential care facility for the elderly. Garcia & Artigliere's client suffered the development of stage 4 pressure injury on her coccyx in the defendant facility. The action vibrantly illustrated the difficulties in litigation against residential care facilities for the elderly who are generally small corporations carrying minimal, or often nonexistent, insurance. Oftentimes, through typical litigation processes the costs of litigation are such that given the minimal insurance policies there is just not sufficient benefit to the aggrieved plaintiff. As Stephen M. Garcia stated, "these facilities carry minimal insurance, force litigation to the hilt, and then try to run up costs so that the recovery to a plaintiff is not commensurate to their injuries. We are proud because of our long litigation and trial success history the insurance companies understand these tactics will not work with our firm and we will fully litigate matters to acquire justice, insurance or not. Here, because of that history we were able to settle our client's case quickly incurring minimal costs which maximizes the net recovery of our clients so as to in some small sense, provide a sense of justice for their suffering. It is a small token for the pain suffered by the family but it is an advantage that Garcia & Artigliere has over most law firms in this litigation area and we are glad to use it to benefit our clients."

Garcia & Artigliere attorneys Stephen M. Garcia and William Artigliere were pleased to acquire a $750,000.00 settlement on behalf of their aggrieved elderly client who had been recklessly neglected in a Southern California acute care hospital. As Mr. Garcia stated, "so often responsibility for misconduct is not sought, much less acquired, against acute care hospitals. There is a myth that they are infallible and oftentimes law firms just do not want to take a case against acute care facilities afraid of the aura of a "hospital." Garcia & Artigliere was proud to accept and aggressively litigate the case on behalf of our clients against this Southern California acute care facility and hold them responsible for their reckless neglect of our client. Simply stated, hospitals are often in error and need to be held just as responsible as are others for their reckless neglect of elder and dependent adults in the state of California and we are proud to do so here."

Garcia & Artigliere lawyers Stephen M. Garcia and Bill Artigliere are pleased to announce a $400,000.00 settlement on behalf of an aggrieved elderly resident in a Southern California acute care facility who was allowed to fall and hit his head suffering injury. The defense proffered that since the plaintiff was dying of stage 4 liver cancer at the time of the injury, this was really much to do about nothing. Mr. Artigliere and Mr. Garcia fought for the dignity and right of every person, no matter how sick, to be treated appropriately and properly and were able to acquire this significant settlement.

Garcia & Artigliere lawyers Stephen M. Garcia and Bill Artigliere are proud to announce the acquisition of an $800,000.00 settlement against a Southern California acute care facility on behalf of the firm's elderly client who was allowed to develop avoidable decubitus ulcers in the defendant facility. The defendants argued that the decubitus ulcers were inevitable due to the significant comorbidities of the plaintiff. Through careful and diligent discovery Mr. Garcia and Mr. Artigliere were able to unearth the truth and advocate on behalf of the firm's client to this significant result.

Elder abuse is a serious and widespread issue that affects millions of older adults worldwide. It encompasses various forms of mistreatment, including physical, emotional, financial, and neglectful acts perpetrated against older individuals.

What Evidence Would You Include in a Report of Elder Abuse? - Garcia & Artigliere, Nursing Home Neglect & Abuse Lawyers Are you ready to make a report of elder abuse but aren’t sure what you need to include? Find out more from our nursing home and abuse neglect lawyers.

Garcia & Artigliere lawyers Stephen M. Garcia and Rosalie Baladejo are proud to announce they have acquired a $500,000.00 settlement on behalf of the firm's elderly client who was allowed to suffer the development of avoidable decubitus ulcers in a Southern California skilled nursing facility.

Garcia & Artigliere lawyers Stephen M. Garcia and William Artigliere are pleased to announce a settlement on behalf of an aggrieved elderly client of the firm in the amount of $800,000 relating to the facility allowing the firm's elderly client to be assaulted in a Southern California residential care facility for the elderly. This particular result was especially gratifying as the defendants had forced the plaintiff's case into arbitration.

If you have an elderly loved one in a nursing home, it’s vital to remain alert for signs of neglect or abuse. However, in all but the most obvious of cases, this can be difficult. Today we want to talk about the signs of abuse and neglect, as well as some indicators of abuse that may be overlooked.

What Are the Most Overlooked Signs of Abuse and Neglect? - Garcia & Artigliere, Nursing Home Neglect & Abuse Lawyers Signs of nursing home abuse and neglect can be obvious, but sometimes you need to look a little closer. Find out the lesser-known signs of abuse from our nursing home neglect and abuse lawyers.

Garcia & Artigliere lawyers Stephen M. Garcia and William Artigliere are proud to announce that they have acquired a $750,000.00 settlement on behalf of an elderly client against a Southern California acute care facility which allowed the plaintiff to develop an avoidable decubitus ulcer in their care.

In January of 2021, rapper and mogul Dr. Dre, 59, was hospitalized for a brain aneurysm. Now, in 2024, he tells podcast host James Corden that he suffered three strokes, putting him the ICU for two weeks.

Understanding Your Risk For a Stroke - Garcia & Artigliere, Nursing Home Neglect & Abuse Lawyers What are the risk factors for stroke? Find out more from our nursing home abuse and neglect attorneys.