15
Jan
How to Report Nursing Home Abuse in New Jersey
When you suspect that your loved one is being neglected or abused in their nursing home there are a few options to report the abuse. You can file a complaint with Adult Protective Services, contact the local authorities, and the Department of Health. You can also discuss your leg...
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15
Jan
5 Types of Evidence That Could Strengthen Your Nursing Home Abuse Case
There may come a time when you have to make the difficult decision to place your loved one in a long-term care facility. These facilities are often referred to as nursing homes. It is a comfortable place where your loved one will be taken care of around the clock. Unfortunately...
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15
Jan
How to Prove Nursing Home Abuse
When your loved one is under the care of a nursing home, there can be cases that your loved one is abused or even neglected. This is the last thing you expect from a professional facility whose primary focus is to care for our seniors. If your loved one is a victim you will need ...
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18
Dec
How to Educate Your Elderly Loved One About Nursing Home Abuse
The decision for an elderly loved one to enter into a nursing home is not one that is taken lightly. While discussing this option it is important to discuss the potential for abuse, you will also need to educate your loved one on signs to look for that can constitute abuse. If th...
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15
Jan
How Can a Nursing Home Abuse Attorney Help My Loved One?
The elderly population is rapidly growing and they often need additional assistance to complete everyday tasks. This means they may become residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. These facilities are meant to provide residents with the care they require an...
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15
Jan
7 Warning Signs of Nursing Home Abuse
Nursing homes are meant to be safe spaces for the elderly but they can often turn out to be dangerous. Nursing home abuse is a prevalent issue that affects thousands of nursing home residents. Disabled residents are often at a higher risk of being abused. Neglect can be intention...
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15
Jan
Exactech Issues Massive Recall of Knee, Hip, and Ankle Devices
Some of the most routine surgeries performed in many hospitals are knee, hip, and ankle replacements. There are over 600,000 knee replacement surgeries carried out by surgeons every year in the United States. Medical industry statistics reveal that over 2. 5 million patients live ...
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Jan
How to Seek Compensation for a Defective Medical Device
Unfortunately, defective medical devices are on the rise. Just in the year 2020 alone, there were several defective medical devices recalled, from IUDs to insulin pumps. While defective products, in general, can cause harm to consumers, defective medical devices can cause even mo...
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Jan
What is the Exactech Knee Device that has been Recalled?
Knee replacements are some of the most common surgical procedures that take place in the United States. In fact, knee replacement surgery is often recommended for patients who suffer from conditions like arthritis, osteoarthritis, hemophilia, and avascular necrosis. There are hun...
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Jan
How to Ensure a Medical Device Does Not Harm You
The idea of a medical instrument causing additional harm to the body when it is designed to reduce harm is terrifying for all patients. Unfortunately, many patients find themselves in this predicament due to a large number of defective medical devices. Stericycle Expert Solutions...
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Jan
How Can a Lawyer Help Someone with an Exactech Device?
Medical device manufacturers have the same duty of care to consumers as all American manufacturers. When designing, manufacturing, and even selling a product on the marketplace, manufacturers have an obligation to guarantee that the product on the marketplace is safe for the cons...
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Jan
Steps to Take if You Have a Recalled Exactech Device in Your Body
There are defective devices that can cause serious harm – and even death – to consumers if they are not recalled from the marketplace. Medical defective devices absolutely fall into that category. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), medical devices are not as rig...
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