I just finished a jury trial in Christiansburg, Virginia, which is just outside of Blacksburg and Roanoke, against the owners and operators of a Blacksburg nursing home.  The case involved a 91-year-old nursing home patient who was allowed to fall from her…

The 92-year-old sister of boxing great Joe Louis was recently found frozen to death outside of the assisted living facility at which she was a patient.  Louis’ sister, who had Alzheimer’s disease, was last seen on Sunday, February 17, 2008 and was found…

The death of a licensed practical nurse (LPN) has launched an investigation of the care provided at the nursing home at which he worked.  The LPN collapsed and died while providing care at the facility.  A coroner’s report indicates he died from an overdose…

Assisted living facilities will soon be regulated by the federal government, according to a recent news article that addressed “problems” the industry will need to confront in coming years.  Currently, most assisted living facilities are regulated by state governments, although the extent of regulation is not…

Elderly patients at Maryview Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia were reported to have been left lying in their own feces and urine, choking on vomit, and unable to use nurse call buttons because they were unplugged, according to court documents filed in an apparent criminal investigation…

A 64-year-old nursing home patient died days after she was permitted to fall from a mechanical lift at the nursing facility.  The patient struck her head in the fall and sustained a subdural hematoma (bleeding inside the skull).  The patient’s death was reviewed by the…