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- Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect - Virginia Lawyers
- Elder Abuse in Virginia Adult Homes & Assisted Living Facilities
- Virginia Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers - Pressure Sores
- Nursing Home Lawyers: Improper Use of Physical and Chemical Restraints
- Medication Errors in Virginia Nursing Homes
- Malnutrition and Dehydration in Virginia Nursing Homes
- Virginia Nursing Home Lawyers - Slip & Fall Injuries
News
- Carolyn Lavecchia Recognized as One of the Top Medmal Lawyers
- Jury Awards $29.1 Million in Nursing Home Death
- Unavoidable Pressure Ulcers
- Virginia Nursing Home Reportedly Ignored Abuse
- Josh Silverman Speaks to the VTLA's First Long Term Care Conference
- Lack of Medicare Oversight of Long Term Care Hospitals
- More Virginians Choosing to Live in Assisted Living Facilities
- Josh Silverman invited to speak to Virginia Nurse Anesthetist Conference
- Josh Silveman Presents Plaintiff's Personal Injury From Start to Finish
- Newport News Assisted Living Facility Hit with $750,000 Verdict
- Credit Cards Stolen From Retirement Home
- Virginia Ranks in Bottom 10 for Nursing Home Staffing
- Nursing Home Employee Sentenced for Sexually Assaulting an 85 Year Old Patient
- Nursing Home Rating System
- Nursing Home Patients Signing Away Their Right to Sue for Abuse and Neglect
- GAO Report Finds Nursing Home Inspectors Miss Serious Violations
- New York Times Exposes Nursing Homes Placing Profit of Patient Care
- Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Underreported
- New Orleans Euthanasia Cases Come to Light
- Josh Silvermand Carolyn Lavecchia Prevail in the Virginia Supreme Court
- Pressure Ulcer Hospitalizations Skyrocket
- Nursing Home Patients Plagued by Medication Errors
- Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act Passes Senate Judiciary Committee
- Medication Error Practice Section
- WIlliamson & Lavecchia, L.C. Welcomes Legal Nurse Consultant Wendy Moore
- Williamson & Lavecchia, L.C. Launches Spanish Website
- Maggots Found In Patient's Ear
- Carolyn Lavecchia Recognized as One of the Top Medical Malpractice Lawyers in Virginia
- Virginia Nursing Home Loses Medicare/Medicaid Certification
- Carolyn Lavecchia Named Fellow of American Academy of Trial Counsel
- Abuse and Neglect of Elderly Rampant In Nursing Home Industry
- Federal Settlements with Virginia Nursing Homes
- 19 Nursing Home Employees Arrested After Being Caught on Hidden Cameras Neglecting Patients
- Washington Post article about the tragic death of our client's sister who died because of a lack of heat at a Richmond assisted living facility
- Virginia To Increase Penalties Against Assisted Living Facilities
Case Results
- Assisted Living Facilities Lawyers in Virginia
- $450,000 Settlement Against an Assisted Living Facility
- Resident Dies Due to Lack of Heat
Awarded: $450,000 Settlement Against an Assisted Living Facility
Awarded: $345,000 Wrongful Death Settlement Due to Lack of Heat at an Assisted Living Facility
- Pressure Sores
- Patient Develops 14 Pressure Ulcers
- Stage IV Pressure Ulcer at Nursing Home
- Wrongful Death Settlement For Untreated Pressure Ulcer
Awarded: $710,000 Wrongful Death Settlement
Awarded: $140,000 Settlement for Stage IV Bed Sore
Awarded: Confidential
- Medication Errors
- Fatal Medication Errors at an Assisted Living Facility
Awarded: $511,000 Confidential
- General
- Patient Develops Pressure Ulcer Following Surgery
Awarded: $255,000 Settlement
Document Library
- Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
- Medicare Issues New Guidelines for Nursing Home Inspections
- Binding Arbitration in Nursing Homes
- Mandatory Reporting of Elder Abuse
- Indicators of Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Long Term Care Facilities: Information on Residents Who are Registered Sex Offenders
- New Orleans “Mercy Killings” Expose Dangerous Mindset in Elder Care Industry
- Federal Nursing Home Regulations (CFR)
- Federal Laws for Nursing Homes
- Nursing Home: Visiting and Monitoring
- Types of Abuse
- Virginia State Bar: Senior Citizen's Handbook for Preventing Elder Abuse
- Assisted Living Facilities Lawyers in Virginia
- Pressure Sores
- Avoidable v. Unavoidable Pressure Ulcers
- Maggots are No Treatment for Pressure Ulcers
- Photographs of Pressure Sores
- Pressures Sores and the Law
- Restraints in Nursing Homes
- Malnutrition and Dehydration
- Nursing Home Slip and Fall Injuries
- About our Lawyers
- Our Lawyers in the News
- Court Opinions in Cases of our Lawyers
- Centra Health Inc. t/a Lynchburg General Hospital v. Mullins
- Riverside Hospital v. Johnson (2006)
- Bates v. Commonwealth of Virginia
- Chandler v. Graffeo
- Johnson v. Raviotta (Virginia Supreme Court 2002)
- Didato v. Strehler, Virginia Supreme Court (2001)
- Brooks v. Loehman's Inc. (Virginia Supreme Court 2001)
- Vaughan, Adm'r v. Southside Cardiology Associates, P.C., Virginia Supreme Court
- Ayers v. Mosby, Virginia Supreme Court
- Lee v. Bourgeois, Virginia Supreme Court
- U.S. v. Swank, U.S. District Court Eastern District of Va.
- Crone v. Richmond Newspapers, Inc. Virginia Supreme Court
- McMunn v. Tatum, Virginia Supreme Court
- Gray v. Graham, Virginia Supreme Court
- VEPCO v. Winesett, Virginia Supreme Court
- Medical Malpractice
- Centra Health v. Mullins - amicus curiae brief
- Medical Malpractice Legislation Update
- Trial of a Medical Malpractice Case
- Managed Care Abuse
- Managed Care Liability-An Update On ERISA Case Law-Jan.
- Piercing the Armor: Approaches to Managed Care Liability
- Nursing Home Liability and Elder Abuse
- Riverside Hospital, Inc. v. Johnson
- Virginia State Bar: Senior Citizen's Handbook for Preventing Elder Abuse
- National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel: Statement on Pressure Ulcer Prevention
- Discovery
- Order Compelling Disclosure of Nursing Home Policies and Procedures
- Brief in Support of Motion to Compel Production of Incident Report
- General
- Discovery of Experts
- Pressure Ulcers: Essential Systems for Quality Care
- Order Against Podiatrist to Pay Patients Attorneys Fees and Costs For Failing to Produce Records
- Researching Care Facilities
- Admitting Into Evidence Computer Graphics and Simulations
- The Expert Witness.
- Brief In Support of Compelling Production of Incident Report
- Using Medical Literature To Prove Damages
- Admissibility Of Expert Testimony
- Charitable immunity case law
- Asking the Right Questions to Admit Into Evidence Expert Opinions in a Products Liability Case
Frequently Asked Questions
- Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
- Can a nursing home patient with memory loss suffer emotional distress even if he or she can not remember the abuse and neglect?
- What is involved in an official nursing home inspection?
- How many Virginia residents are in nursing homes?
What is a nursing home arbitration agreement?
What happens if I refuse to sign an arbitration clause?
- Can I still file a lawsuit if a loved one is injured or dies at a nursing home after having signed an arbitration agreement?
- What are the staffing requirements for nursing homes?
- What is the statute of limitations (time limit) for filing suit against an adult home or a nursing home?
- Are there caps on the amount that can be recovered against a nursing home?
- Can nursing homes and assisted living facilities be held liable for punitive damages?
- Assisted Living Facilities Lawyers in Virginia
- Is an adult home legally responsible for criminal acts of its employees against its residents?
- What rights do residents have in an adult home?
- Can I file a lawsuit on behalf of a family member who was injured at an adult home?
- How can I learn if an assisted living facility has been cited by the Virginia Department of Social Services for providing poor care, neglect or abuse?
- How common is elder abuse in adult homes?
- Are direct care workers in assisted living facilities required to be licensed?
- Pressure Sores
- What are pressure sores?
- How common are pressure sores in nursing homes?
- What are the stages of bed sores or pressure sores?
- Are pressure ulcers unpreventable?
- Medication Errors
- What is the most common fatal medication error?
- What is the most common cause of a medication error?
- How common are medication errors in nursing homes?
- Malnutrition and Dehydration
- Is it possible to have a normal weight and yet be malnourished?
- Is all weight loss due to malnutrition?
- How can family members curb malnutrition and dehydration in nursing homes?
- What can I do if a loved one dies or is seriously injured due to malnutrition and dehydration?
- How serious is the problem of malnutrition and dehydration in nursing homes?
- Is malnutrition and dehydration preventable?
- How are malnutrition and dehydration diagnosed?
- What are some of the signs that a nursing home patient is malnourished or dehydrated?
- General
- What should I look for when selecting an attorney to represent a loved one abused or neglected at an adult home?
- Is there a cap on damages that may be collected against adult homes?
- Elder Abuse
- General
- What is sepsis and can it be prevented?
- Who regulates adult homes?
- What is the difference between an adult home and a nursing home?
- Should adult homes and nursing homes be restraining its residents?
- How can I select the right nursing home?
- What questions should I ask when visiting a nursing home or adult home?
- Are nursing homes required to have written policies and procedures and do I have a right to review them?
- Who regulates nursing homes?
Resources
- Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
- Virginia Department of Health - Complaint Form
- Aggression Between Nursing Home Patients is Common
- National Clearinghouse for Long Term Care Information
- Compare Nursing Homes: 5 star rating system
- Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008
- TLC 4 Long Term Care
- Citizens' Committee to Protect the Elderly
- Fact Sheet: Abuse and Neglect
- Virginia Department of Health: Long Term Care
- Virginia Nursing Home Regulations
- Assisted Living Facilities Lawyers in Virginia
- Consumer Consortium of Assisted Living
- Assisted Living Facility inspection reports
- Assisted Living Facility Regulations, Codes, and Interpretation
- Rights and Responsibilities of Residents of Assisted Living Facilities
- Virginia State Bar's Senior Lawyer's Conference: Assisted Living Facilities in Virginia
- Standards and Regulations for Assisted Living Facilities
- Reporting Elder Abuse and Neglect to the Department of Social Services
- Pressure Sores
- Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers
- London Health Sciences Center: Examples of wounds and dressings
- E-medicine: Pressure Ulcers, Non-surgical treatment and Principles
- American Academy of Wound Management
- American Professional Wound Care Association
- National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel - Revised Staging
- Encyclopedia of Surgery: Bedsores
- National Decubitis Foundation
- National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
- European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
- Restraints in Nursing Homes
- Regulations Restricting the Use of Restraints in Nursing Homes
- New Rule on Patient Rights Limiting Restraints
- Untie The Elderly
- Medication Errors
- Study: Medication Errors Come From Interruptions
- The Most Common Medication Errors
- Steps to Prevent Medication Errors
- Reducing Medication Errors in Nursing Homes
- Analysis of Mortalities Associated with Medication Errors
- FDA Report - Strategies to Reduce Medication Errors
- Institute of Medicine Report on Medication Errors
- Nursing Home Slip and Fall Injuries
- General
- National Consumer Voice for Quality Long Term Care
- Nursing Home Transparency Act
- Senate Testimony on Elder Abuse in Long Term Care
- National Center on Elder Abuse
- Virginia Elder Rights Coalition
- National Senior Citizens Law Center
- Family Involvement in Nursing Home Care
- Aging with Dignity
- The Importance of Knowing a Nursing Facility's Emergency Evacuation Plan
- Your Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home
- Virginia Board of Long Term Care Administrators
- Williamson & Lavecchia, L.C. - Medical Malpractice and Defective Products
- National Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
- National Council on Aging
- People Over Profit
- National Committee on the Prevention of Elder Abuse
- Administration on Aging
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- First Gov for Seniors
- US Senate Special Committee on Aging
- American Association of Retired Persons
- American Society on Aging