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Attorney Warns Hospital Patient: Go to Sub-Standard Nursing Home, or Face Court Ordered Eviction.

 

By Jack Halpern, CEO, My Elder Advocate

In the last few week, among the many horrible cases that I have been dealing with, is the case of a 52 year old Multiple Sclerosis sufferer, who has been a patient at Brookhaven Hospital in Patchogue for a severe infection, that he developed as a result of the neglectful and abusive care he received as a resident, in a dangerous and sub-standard facility called Lakeview Nursing Home in Middle Island, NY.

Feeding Tubes For Elders: Benefit or Abuse?

By Jack Halpern, CEO, My Elder Advocate

Imbedded in today’s nursing home culture is a practice that has been notoriously associated with elder abuse in nursing homes. Nationwide, many nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment are tube fed (35% according to some studies), despite no demonstrable benefits of this intervention in this population. Studies suggest that organizational features of nursing homes are associated with this practice, but underlying reasons for these associations are poorly understood. A feeding tube in a sub-standard nursing home can be a death sentence. My Elder Advocate has been very successful in preventing this abuse from occurring in many cases, where we were called in early to advocate for clients who were losing weight in nursing homes.

Alleged Nursing Home Rape in the Bronx

NY State Department Of Health Shares Responsibility For Death Trap Nursing Home

By Jack Halpern, CEO, My Elder Advocate

Hurricane Sandy announced itself by tossing a section of Boardwalk against the Promenade nursing home in Rockaway Park, Queens, blowing out its windows and sending waves washing through the first floor.

Read New York Times Article http://ow.ly/fgEMY

 

This nursing home like so many others in New York State has been consistantly rendering sub-standard care to thousands of elderly and disabled adults, never even complying with minimum standards of care as required by State and Federal Law. Every year the negligent and irresponsible New York State Department of Health rubber stamps the horrendous care in these facilities.

The Rampant Abuse of Elders By Using Guardianship

By Jack Halpern, CEO, My Elder Advocate

It is an often occurrence, that My Elder Advocate is called in to Advocate for a resident in a Nursing Home who has been placed there against their will by a court appointed guardian, and generally is being abused or neglected. In many of these guardianship cases, close family members have been banned from visiting their loved ones by guardians. In other cases nursing homes have been declared guardians and they have pillaged the personal accounts of the people they are supposed to protect.

Nursing Homes Tell LGBT Elders, “Get back into the closet.”

 

By Jack Halpern, CEO, My Elder Advocate

My Elder Advocate, in the course of each day, deals with many problems that elders face in nursing homes, hospitals, and at home. While all forms of discrimination in long-term care settings are egregious, the LGBT elders face a unique set of discriminatory policies and fears. The federal Nursing Home Reform Act (NHRA) protects nursing home residents, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

How much is the life of a resident in a Connecticut Nursing Home worth? $615!

Seven nursing homes have been cited by the State Department of Public Health for lapses in care, including an incident at a facility in Southbury in which a resident choked to death. The facility was fined $615.00

Other Bargains:

Neck Fracture- $995

Traumatic Brain Injury-$580

Hip Fracture-$510

via ctwatchdog.com

Reduction of Bed Hold Days Leads to Nursing Home Eviction

By Jack Halpern, CEO, My Elder Advocate

As readers of My Elder Advocate Blog are well aware, we often speak about the grave danger to elders who are evicted from Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, and Adult Homes. A nursing home eviction often leads to disorientation, loss of identity, depression, and death.

 

Ageism: The Path to Elder Abuse

By Jack Halpern

The number of Americans 60 and older is growing, but society still isn't embracing the aging population, geropsychologists say. Whether battling "old geezer" stereotypes or trying to obtain equal standing in the workplace, those who are 60 or older may all too often find themselves the victims of ageism. Fueling the problem is the media's portrayal of older adults.

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