by Christie D'Agostino | Apr 17, 2024 | Brian P. Murphy, dementia, nursing home abuse, nursing home attorney, Nursing Home Investigations, Nursing Home Malpractice, nursing home neglect, nursing home sexual abuse, nursing home workers, nursing homes
Indiana Nursing Home Worker Charged with Attempted Rape of Dementia Patient The employee at Indiana’s RiverOaks Health Campus barricaded the door to the room where he had led his elderly victim and was discovered in a state of undress, say investigators of the...
by Christie D'Agostino | Feb 17, 2023 | antipsychotic drugs, bed sores, bedsores, Brian P. Murphy, CMS, nursing home abuse, nursing home attorney, Nursing Home Investigations, nursing home workers, nursing homes, wrongful death
Federal Government Targets Nursing Homes for Alleged Inappropriate Antipsychotic Drugs Use: CMS has announced it will conduct investigations into certain nursing homes in an effort to uncover illegitimate schizophrenia diagnoses and any accompanying inappropriate...
by Christie D'Agostino | Mar 19, 2022 | Brian P. Murphy, nursing home abuse, nursing home sexual abuse, nursing homes, PA legislation, PA nursing homes, philadelphia attorney
Pennsylvania Bill Seeks to Prevent Nursing Home Sexual Abuse: House Bill 2341, written by Rep. Robert Matzie, would require nursing homes to report residents who are convicted sex offenders. A new bill seeking to protect elderly residents from nursing home sexual...
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...
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...
