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Isolated, Uninformed, and Frightened: Surviving COVID in an Assisted Living Facility

Isolated, Uninformed, and Frightened: Surviving COVID in an Assisted Living Facility

by Christie D'Agostino | Jan 4, 2021 | Brian P. Murphy, coronavirus, COVID-19, nursing home neglect, nursing homes coronavirus

Seeking answers, but met with silence, residents are left to wonder if they’ll be the next to disappear as the coronavirus pandemic ravages a Bronx assisted living facility. A communication breakdown amid a raging COVID-19 outbreak made for nightmare conditions within...

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Nursing Home Residents, Workers Prioritized for COVID Vaccine

Nursing Home Residents, Workers Prioritized for COVID Vaccine

by Christie D'Agostino | Jan 4, 2021 | Brian P. Murphy, coronavirus, coronavirus vaccine, COVID-19, nursing homes

CDC Adopts Advisory Recommendations for Initial Vaccine Distribution allowing nursing home residents to be prioritized for the COVID vaccine. Residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities and the workers who care for them will be among the first in America...

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Can Bedsores Cause Osteomyelitis and Sepsis?

Can Bedsores Cause Osteomyelitis and Sepsis?

by Christie D'Agostino | Dec 28, 2020 | bed sores, Brian P. Murphy, nursing home deaths, nursing home neglect, serious infections

Although many patients recover from pressure ulcers, undiagnosed and untreated bedsores can cause osteomyelitis and other serious infections. Severe infections associated with bed sores can lead to sepsis and even death. Nursing home residents who are bedridden are at...

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Nursing Home Neglect and Bedsores

Nursing Home Neglect and Bedsores

by Christie D'Agostino | Dec 28, 2020 | bed sores, Brian P. Murphy, nursing home attorney, nursing home neglect

More often than not, there’s a direct link between nursing home neglect and bedsores. What anyone who has a loved one in a nursing home needs to know is that, almost without exception, bed sores can be prevented through adequate care by nursing home care workers....

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What Causes Bedsores?

What Causes Bedsores?

by Christie D'Agostino | Dec 28, 2020 | bed sores, Brian P. Murphy, nursing home neglect, philadelphia nursing home abuse attorney

Family members concerned about the well-being of a loved one who resides in a nursing home may find themselves wondering just what pressure ulcers are, what causes bedsores, and how skin breakdown can be prevented in a nursing facility. Pressure ulcers, commonly...

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PA Releases Revised Nursing Home COVID-19 Guidance

PA Releases Revised Nursing Home COVID-19 Guidance

by Christie D'Agostino | Sep 29, 2020 | coronavirus, COVID-19, nursing homes, nursing homes coronavirus

In PA, they released the revised nursing home COVID-19 guidance. The guidance’s updated visitation policy seeks to address the adverse mental, emotional, and physical effects of prolonged resident isolation. Updated guidance for how Pennsylvania nursing homes should...

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Advocacy Report Could Help PA Avert Future COVID-19 Nursing Home Crisis

Advocacy Report Could Help PA Avert Future COVID-19 Nursing Home Crisis

by Christie D'Agostino | Sep 18, 2020 | coronavirus, COVID-19, nursing home data, nursing home deaths, nursing homes, nursing homes coronavirus

There is a COVID-19 nursing home crisis. In August advocates for Pennsylvania nursing home residents released a report that proposed immediate reforms the state might make to address those shortcomings that rendered PA long-term care facilities so vulnerable during...

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FBI Raids Two Pennsylvania Nursing Homes

FBI Raids Two Pennsylvania Nursing Homes

by Christie D'Agostino | Sep 15, 2020 | Brian P. Murphy, coronavirus, COVID-19, nursing home abuse, nursing home attorney, nursing home deaths, nursing homes coronavirus

Agents to Investigate Allegations of Fraud and Neglect During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Says the Department of Justice Two Pennsylvania nursing homes—one of which suffered the state’s highest nursing home COVID-19 tolls—were raided by federal and state investigators...

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DOJ Considers Investigation of PA, NJ COVID Nursing Home Deaths

DOJ Considers Investigation of PA, NJ COVID Nursing Home Deaths

by Christie D'Agostino | Sep 5, 2020 | coronavirus, COVID-19, New Jersey COVID-19 nursing homes, New Jersey nursing home abuse, nursing home deaths

Are PA, NJ COVID nursing home deaths out of control? According to an article last week in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the U.S. Justice Department is considering pursuing a civil rights investigation into COVID-related nursing home deaths in certain states, New Jersey...

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New Rules in Place for Resuming PA Nursing Home Visits

New Rules in Place for Resuming PA Nursing Home Visits

by Christie D'Agostino | Aug 11, 2020 | nursing homes coronavirus, PA nursing home COVID-19, PA nursing homes, philadelphia nursing home abuse attorney

It's important to resume PA nursing home visits, so friends and family members can see their loved ones.  In the months since the coronavirus pandemic arrived in the United States, nearly 70 percent of COVID-related deaths in Pennsylvania have occurred in nursing...

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PA Veteran’s Home Gave Hydroxychloroquine to Residents without COVID-19 Testing

PA Veteran’s Home Gave Hydroxychloroquine to Residents without COVID-19 Testing

by Christie D'Agostino | Jul 30, 2020 | Brian P. Murphy, COVID-19, COVID-19 testing, nursing homes, nursing homes coronavirus

In an unprecedented move, hydroxychloroquine was given to residents without COVID-19. According to a Philadelphia Inquirer article, during a two week period in April a Chester County nursing home for veterans dispensed hydroxychloroquine, the antimalarial drug...

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Wolf Criticized for Nursing Home Mandates During Pandemic

Wolf Criticized for Nursing Home Mandates During Pandemic

by Christie D'Agostino | Jul 29, 2020 | Brian P. Murphy, COVID-19, COVID-19 hosptital patients, nursing home attorney, PA nursing home COVID-19

According to a recent post on PApost.org,  Governor Wolf, criticized for nursing home mandates, faces the reality of thousands of COVID-19 deaths in Pennsylvania nursing homes. This has drawn criticism of the administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic in...

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The Nursing Home Attorneys.com is a website owned by Brian P. Murphy, Esquire, a PA- and NJ-licensed personal injury attorney.
Located in Bucks County, PA, Mr. Murphy serves all of Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia, Mercer County, and all of New Jersey.
Brian Murphy exclusively handles wrongful death, nursing home abuse, and neglect litigation.

PA Areas Served


In Pennsylvania, nursing home attorney Brian P. Murphy practices throughout the state, especially the following counties: Philadelphia, Montgomery, and Bucks County.
Mr. Murphy covers all of Bucks County, especially the following areas: Doylestown, New Hope, Newtown, Quakertown, and Langhorne.

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In New Jersey, nursing home abuse attorney Brian Murphy handles abuse and neglect cases throughout the state.
This includes but is not limited to, Newark, Trenton, Princeton, Camden, Paterson, Bergen County, Essex County, Middlesex County, Mercer County, and Camden County.

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