The Hayes Firm Legal Blog

By Samantha Anderson, KRDO.com Posted November 5, 2009   COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado Springs man is suing Parkmoor Village Healthcare Center on allegation of elderly abuse.   Paul Johnson has been taking care of his friend Bill Starkey for the past year. A few months ago, Johnson noticed negative changes at Parkmoor Village. “I [...]

By Diana Hefley, Herald writer October 16, 2009   EVERETT — An Everett nursing home is being accused of neglecting a 97-year-old man and allowing his penis to slowly rot off.   A lawsuit was filed against the Everett Rehabilitation and Care Center earlier this week. The lawsuit alleges that nursing home staff failed to [...]

Nursing homes are big business. Recent estimates suggest that nursing home revenues have exceeded 55 billion dollars. With that much money to be made, you can be sure not all homes have the best interest of their patients at heart. Sadly, nursing home neglect and abuse happens, and families are rarely prepared for the kind [...]

               On June 18, 2008, a Senate committee was due to hear from the family of William Kurth who died in a nursing home in Wisconsin.  Mr. Kurth had fractured his hip and leg and succumbed to infections that occurred because feces and urine were not cleaned from his bedsores for days at a time.  [...]