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Nursing Homes Alter Medical Records to Hide Elder Abuse and Neglect
A Carmichael nursing home supervisor admitted she was ordered to alter medical records of a 92-year-old patient, who died after developing rotting bedsores. The state fined a Santa Monica nursing home...
View Article1.7 Million People In the United States Sustain Traumatic Brain Injuries...
According to the Center for Disease Control, 1.7 million people in the U.S. sustain traumatic brain injury every year, and within that group about 52,000 die and 275,000 remain hospitalized. Thanks...
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Traumatic Brain Injury Issues
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can cause severe medical and physical issues. Even a mild injury to the brain can have long lasting consequences, including increased risk of cognitive impairment later in...
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How Do Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Personal Injury Accidents Occur?
Traumatic brain injury (TBI), also known as intracranial injury, occurs when an external force traumatically injures the brain. TBI can be classified based on severity, mechanism (closed or penetrating...
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What is a Traumatic Brain Injury?
What Defines a Traumatic Brain Injury? Before continuing, the acronym for traumatic brain injury is TBI, referenced because I’ll be using it throughout this article. What we want to discuss are TBI’s,...
View ArticleCalifornia Hospitals Received Low Marks for Patient Safety
Nearly four in 10 California Hospitals received a grade of C or lower for Patient Safety Grades were issued in April, 2015 to 2,523 U.S. hospitals, including 248 in California for patient safety The LA...
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Catastrophic Serious Injuries Are Routinely Caused by Negligent Commercial...
Catastrophic Serious Injuries Are Caused by Negligent Commercial Truck DriversA catastrophic crash involving a school and a commercial truck in California killed 11 people, including nine children...
View ArticleTrump Administration Attempt to Rollback Nursing Home Abuse, Fraud & Neglect...
A letter sent to the Trump administration Wednesday by 17 attorney generals from across the nation, including California’s, is urging federal agencies to reconsider the “regulatory rollback” of reforms...
View ArticleWhat is Elder Abuse?
What is elder abuse? In general, elder abuse refers to intentional or neglectful acts by a caregiver or “trusted” individual that lead to, or may lead to, harm of a vulnerable elder. Physical abuse,...
View ArticleSkilled Nursing Facilities are Hotbeds for Abuse and Neglect
Many many skilled nursing facilities have been revealed to be a hotbeds of neglect and abuse that put its residents at risk of grave danger and in direct harm. Blatant neglect by nurses, persistent...
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