The quality of care in the nursing home industry has declined alarmingly over the past decade.
Why? Because the quickest way for nursing home owners to increase profits is to cut expenses. Cutting costs means cutting corners: paying low wages, skimping on meals and medication, and employing a bare bones staff.
In fact, government studies have shown that in the last ten years:
More than 25 percent of nursing homes nationwide have been cited for violations that caused actual harm to residents or placed them at risk of death or serious injury.
More than 40 percent of the homes were cited with violations that created a potential for "more than minimal" harm.
More than 50 percent of nursing homes had fewer than the minimum number of staff required to properly care for the residents.
Too often elderly residents of nursing and rest homes cannot help themselves and need help from the people who have made a promise to take care of them.
When nursing and rest home residents are injured or killed from neglect, Gugenheim Law will be there to take on the nursing home and fight for the rights of those who cannot fight for themselves.
