Personal Injury Q and A

In a time when nursing home abuse and neglect are rampant, an investigation by the Sacramento Bee has found that some of California's nursing homes have altered patients' health records and provided false information on medical charts.

With greater numbers of California's seniors now heading to care facilities, incidents of nursing home abuse and neglect are on the rise, and quality of care has been continually dropping, according to a recent study.

Entrusting a loved one to the care of a nursing facility can be a traumatic, heart-wrenching decision for many.

Three former workers at an adult care facility have leveled nursing home abuse allegations in a civil lawsuit they have filed against their previous employer.

Nursing home abuse comes in many forms and all of them can have devastating consequences.

The California Attorney General's Office has alleged nursing home abuse in an indictment against a Los Angeles care facility and its former administrator in connection with the death of a suicidal patient.

At a time when nursing home abuse and neglect are rampant in the country, a recent U.S. government report has found that for-profit nursing home companies are more likely than its non-profit counterparts to overbill Medicare for various services provided to residents.

California is coming up with a new plan to reduce incidents of nursing home neglect and improve the quality of nursing homes in general.

Nursing home neglect is reported to have contributed to the death of an 86-year-old patient in a Sacramento area facility.

A Sacramento area facility has been slapped with a $90,000 government fine for nursing home neglect in connection with the death of an elderly resident three years ago. According to a news report in The Sacramento Bee, the nursing home received a Class AA citation, which is reserved for the most serious and egregious violations.