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Nursing home abuse is something that family members often have to watch out for, looking for signs of things that the elderly may be unable to report on their own. If you suspect that abuse is occurring, ask these questions: 1. Is there immediate danger? If there is, you may need to call 911…

Considering a nursing home for your loved one is always a tough decision. It can be stressful to find the right home and imagine other people caring for your family member. One of the sad truths of this decision is that Illinois has some of the worst options for nursing homes in the country….

Nursing home abuse is something that everyone worries about when trying to find a home for an aging loved one. What you should know is that it typically happens in one of these five ways: — Neglect. Though this isn’t direct abuse, things like failing to give a person his or her meals or…

Bedsores can be incredibly painful and they often feel nearly inevitable. When you have limited mobility, the constant pressure on your skin can cause these to develop despite your best efforts, and that same limited mobility can make it nearly impossible for them to heal. However, you need to know that experts say a…

When you made the decision to put your loved one in a nursing home, one of your biggest reasons was probably to help them get the care and attention they need for both their health and safety. Unfortunately, nursing home abuse and neglect is a sad reality in nursing homes in Chicagoland and across…

Nursing home abuse is all too common throughout the country. Placing your loved ones into the care of others is a difficult choice even under the best of circumstances. No Evanston family should have to wonder if their elder will be cared for properly and protected from elder abuse and neglect. The Silent Abuse…

A new study lead by a professor at the Weill Cornell Medical College at Cornell University to Reuters Health and published in the Annals of Internal Medicine revealed that one of the biggest threats to the safety of nursing home residents may be fellow residents. Over a four-year period from 2009 to 2013, the…

Watch attorney Mark L. Karno talk about an impactful nursing home abuse case in which the elderly client was dropped by caregivers and neglected to lay in their own feces and urine. Has your loved one been neglected or abused at their nursing home? Call the experienced nursing home attorneys at the Law Offices…

When we have to make the decision to put our aging family members in a nursing home, we believe it is because they will be taken care of. However, recent studies indicate that neglect and abuse in nursing homes and among elderly care patients is both widespread and growing. It’s estimated that only 1…

Watch Mark Karno from the Law Offices of Mark L. Karno and Associates explain the first steps you should take if you discover your loved one has been subjected to nursing home abuse. If your loved is suffering injuries at the hands of their caregivers, call the experienced nursing home abuse attorneys at the…