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• Elder abuse, exploitation targeted by state
• Nuring Home Abuse Law Could Stiffen Penalties, Change Rules Regarding Private Equity Firms
• Washington State fines Seattle nursing home

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Washington Nursing Home Abuse Attorneys

Elder Neglect Lawyers in Seattle, Belleve and Renton

Elder abuse is a real problem.  Because the nursing home industry has become a multi-billion dollar business comprised of major corporations, in some facilities profitability has become more important than administering proper care. Reports state that 30% of nursing home facilities are cited for instances of abuse. For this reason, both federal and state governments have introduced legislation to protect residents of nursing homes.

Nursing home negligence or abuse can have tragic results such as nursing home deaths, falls resulting in broken bones, malnutrition, dehydration, decubitus ulcers and residents wandering off the nursing home premises and stepping into harms way.

If a nursing home has failed to administer reasonable care in a professional and compassionate manner, and if someone you love has suffered from inadequate care, you may be entitled to compensation. It is important to thoroughly understand the warning signs of potential nursing home negligence.

If you or a family member has suffered due to nursing home neglect, the Davis Law Group can help you. Having experience with this type of claim, we have the skill and experience necessary to represent you.

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Nursing Home Abuse Warning Signs

If you see any of the following signs of elderly abuse in nursing homes, they should be immediately investigated:

• Unexplained bruises, cuts, burns, sprains, or fractures in various stages of healing.
• Bedsores or frozen joints.
• Unexplained venereal disease or genital infections; vaginal or anal bleeding; torn, stained, or bloody underclothing.
• Sudden changes in behavior.
• Staff refusing to allow visitors to see resident or delays in allowing visitors to see resident.
• Staff not allowing resident to be alone with visitor.
• Resident being kept in an over-medicated state.
• Loss of resident's possessions.
• Sudden large withdrawals from bank accounts or changes in banking practices.
• Abrupt changes in will or other financial documents.

In addition to these 10 warning signs, elderly abuse in nursing homes can occur on all different levels.

• Mental Elderly Abuse
• Fear, agitation, hesitance 
• Depression, withdrawal 
• Sudden behavior changes 
• Unusual behavior patterns 
• Unwillingness to communicate 
• Disorientation, confusion 
• Unjustified isolation 
• Rude, humiliating, derogatory comments by staff 
• Specific complaints by residents 
• Physical Elderly Abuse 
• Wounds, cuts, abrasions, burns 
• Bruises, welts, swelling 
• Broken bones, sudden inexplicable weight loss 
• Unexplained/hidden injuries 
• Unwarranted restraints (either physical or chemical)
  

Specific complaints by residents

• Bed sores (decubitus ulcers) 
• Unsanitary environment 
• Malnutrition, dehydration 
• Smells of urine and/or feces 
• Unkempt appearance 
• Poor personal hygiene 
• Untreated medical condition 
• Specific complaints by residents exploitation/Financial Abuse 
• Sudden, unjustified selling of property 
• Missing/stolen money or property 
• Radical changes in handling personal/financial affairs
• Specific complaints by residents

Nursing Home Facilities in Washington State

ALDERCREST HEALTH & REHAB CENTER
ALDERWOOD MANOR
ALDERWOOD PARK CONV CTR LLC
ANDERSON HOUSE
ARDEN REHABILITATION & HEALTHCARE CENTER
AVALON CARE CENTER - FEDERAL WAY
AVALON CARE CENTER - OTHELLO LLC
AVALON CARE CENTER - PULLMAN
AVALON CARE CENTER AT NORTHPOINTE
AVALON HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER - PASCO
BAILEY-BOUSHAY HOUSE
BALLARD CARE AND REHABILITATION
BAYVIEW MANOR
BEL AIR REHAB & SPECIALTY CARE
BELLINGHAM HEALTH CARE & REHABILITATION SERVICES
BELMONT TERRACE INC.
BETHANY AT PACIFIC
BETHANY AT SILVER LAKE
BOOKER REST HOME ANNEX
BREMERTON HEALTH & REHAB CTR
BUENA VISTA
BURTON CARE CENTER
CANTERBURY HOUSE
CANYON LAKES RESTORATIVE AND R
CAREAGE OF WHIDBEY
CAROLINE KLINE GALLAND HOME
CASCADE PARK CARE CENTER
CASCADE VISTA CONVALESCENT CEN
CASHMERE CONVALESCENT CENTER
CENTRAL WA HOSP TRANSITIONAL C
CHENEY CARE CENTER
CHRISTIAN HEALTH CARE CENTER
CLARKSTON CARE CENTER
COLONIAL VISTA CARE CENTERS
COLUMBIA BASIN HOSPITAL
COLUMBIA LUTHERAN HOME
COLUMBIA VIEW CARE CENTER
COLVILLE TRIBAL CONVALESCENT C
CORWIN CENTER AT EMERALD HEIGHTS
COTTESMORE OF LIFE CARE
COULEE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
COVENANT SHORES HEALTH CENTER
CRESCENT HEALTH CARE, INC
CRESTWOOD CONVALESCENT CENTER
CRISTA SENIOR COMMUNITY
DELTA REHABILITATION CENTER
DISCOVERY NURSING & REHAB OF VANCOUVER
EDMONDS REHAB & HEALTHCARE CTR
EMERALD CARE
EMERALD HILLS HEALTHCARE CENTER
EVERETT REHABILITATION & CARE
EVERETT TRANSITIONAL CARE SERV
EVERGREEN AMERICANA HEALTH & REHAB CTR
EVERGREEN BREMERTON HEALTH & R
EVERGREEN ENUMCLAW HEALTH & REHAB
EVERGREEN NORTH CASCADES HEALTH & REHABILITATION C
EVERGREEN NURSING & REHAB CENTER
EVERGREEN PARK ROYAL HEALTH & REHAB CENTER
EVERGREEN SHELTON HEALTH & REHAB CENTER
EVERGREEN TACOMA HEALTH & REHABILITATION
EXETER HOUSE
FAIRFIELD GOOD SAMARITAN CTR
FIDALGO CARE CENTER
FIR LANE HEALTH AND REHAB CTR
FIRCREST SCHOOL, PAT N
FOREST RIDGE HEALTH & REHAB
FOREST VIEW TRANSITIONAL HEALTH CENTER
FORKS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LTCU
FORT VANCOUVER CONVALESCENT C
FOSS HOME & VILLAGE
FRANKLIN HILLS HEALTH & REHAB CENTER
FRONTIER REHAB & EXTENDED CARE
GARDEN TERRACE ALZHEIMER'S CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
GARDEN VILLAGE
GARDENS ON UNIVERSITY, THE
GARFIELD COUNTY HOSPITAL, LTCU
GEORGIAN HOUSE
GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CARE CTR
GRANDVIEW HEALTH CARE CENTER
GRAYS HARBOR HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER
HALLMARK MANOR
HARMONY HOUSE HEALTH CARE CTR
HEALTH AND REHABILITATION OF NORTH SEATTLE
HEARTHSTONE, THE
HEARTWOOD EXTENDED HEALTHCARE
HERITAGE GROVE
HERITAGE REHAB & SPECIALTY CAR
HIGHLAND CARE CENTER LLC
HIGHLAND TERRACE NURSING CTR
HIGHLANDS DEMENTIA CARE CTR
HIGHLINE CARE CENTERS, L L C
HIGHLINE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
HILLCREST MANOR
HOQUIAM HEALTHCARE, INC DBA PACIFIC CARE CENTER
IDA CULVER HOUSE BROADVIEW NCC
ISLAND HEALTH & REHAB CENTER
ISLANDS CONVALESCENT CENTER
ISSAQUAH NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER
JOSEPHINE SUNSET HOME
JUDSON PARK HEALTH CENTER

Nursing Home Neglect Attorneys in the State of Washington 

We can help whether you live in Auburn, Bellevue, Bellingham, Bremerton, Cascade, Edmonds, Everett, Federal Way, Kennewick, Kent, Kirkland, Lakewood, Longview, Olympia, Redmond, Renton, Richland, Seattle, Shoreline, Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver, Yakima or the greater Seattle area. Having substantial experience with nursing home neglect claims and often trying these kinds of cases in court, the Davis Law Group has the skill and expertise necessary to help you.

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Blog for Nursing Home Neglect & Elder Care Abuse

• Skagit County Senior Homes Shut Down For Deficiencies and Elderly Neglect | Seattle Injury Lawyer

  Description: Washington State recently shut down two Skagit County senior citizens homes over “serious deficiencies determined to be an imminent danger to residents’ health, safety, or welfare.”

• Man dies after Suffering from Neglect in Everett Nursing Home | Seattle Injury Lawyer
• $12 million sought in 2006 death of disabled woman

  Description: A Seattle law firm has filed a $12 million claim on behalf of a developmentally disabled woman who died last year at a Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) facility.

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Library for Nursing Home Neglect & Elder Care Abuse:

• Elder abuse, exploitation targeted by state
  Description: The state's new secretary of elder affairs told senior citizens today that he is on a mission to expand efforts statewide to combat elder abuse and exploitation.
• Nuring Home Abuse Law Could Stiffen Penalties, Change Rules Regarding Private Equity Firms
  Description: Nursing home abuse is finally getting some attention from Congress, where two separate hearings were held yesterday to discuss the problem. Committees from both the House of Representatives and the Senate took up the nursing home abuse issue, and now Congress will consider legislation to deal with this serious problem.
• Washington State fines Seattle nursing home
  Description: The state has fined a Seattle nursing home for allegedly failing to protect patients from abuse and neglect.
• New scrutiny being focused on adult-family-home deaths
  Description: The King County medical examiner and prosecuting attorney are collaborating on the sensitive new initiative, which has the support of the state's long-term-care ombudsman. But it has also sparked concerns and questions among some care providers, families, doctors and regulators.
• Proper eyes on Seattle-area adult-family homes
  Description: Adult-family homes in Seattle have little to fear from a collaboration between the King County medical examiner and law enforcement. In the best of circumstances, the extra pairs of trained eyes will confirm a facility is following proper health-care procedures. In a worst-case scenario, the proper spotlight is shined on a facility in need of attention. Either way, vulnerable residents are served.
• Nursing Home Reform Act (1987)
  Description: During the 1980s, reports of nursing home abuse and neglect surfaced in alarming numbers. In an effort to reform nursing home practices and procedures and to set standards for the care rendered to residents Congress passed the Nursing Home Reform Act in 1987. These laws were incorporated into the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA 1987).
• Senators Obama, Harkin, Kennedy, Durbin Call on HHS Secretary to Protect America’s Seniors: Identify Failing Nursing Homes; 128 Nursing Homes are Currently Under Review for Poor Performance
  Description: U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today sent the following letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt, calling on him to immediately release a list of 128 nursing homes that are being scrutinized for providing poor care.
• Warning Signs of Nursing Home Neglect
  Description: Did you know that about 30% of nursing homes in the U.S. have been cited for abuse, yet they continue to operate? The real numbers on abuse are unknown, because most goes unreported. Nursing home neglect is a form of abuse, which often goes unnoticed, but can turn deadly.
• Seattle's Long Term Care Costs in Washington Increased as Much as 15 Percent Over Past Five Years, According to Annual Genworth Financial Study
  Description: The cost of nursing home care in Washington, excluding Seattle, has increased 15 percent since 2004, according to an annual Cost of Care Survey released today by Genworth Financial. In Seattle, the cost has increased 13 percent over the past five years. This compares to a 17 percent increase nationwide.
• June 15th - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
  Description: Show the world you care about ending elder abuse and neglect.
• Nursing Home Care Quality: Twenty Years After the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987
  Description: To mark the 20th anniversary of the passage of landmark federal legislation to improve the quality of nursing home care, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (known as OBRA '87), this report explains the key provisions of OBRA ’87 related to nursing home care and examines the progress and problems in quality assurance in nursing homes over the past twenty years.
• Nursing Home Abuse Increasing
  Description: Elderly Abused In Nearly One-Third Of Nursing Homes: Some 5,283 nursing homes were cited for abuse violations, according to a review of state inspection records requested by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif. These homes were cited for nearly 9,000 abuse violations from January 1999 to January 2001.

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Case Results for Nursing Home Neglect & Elder Care Abuse:

• $250,000 to Dropped Alzheimers Resident

Awarded: $250,000 Settlement

• $150,000 Settlement for Fall In Hospital

Awarded: $150,000 Settlement

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Web Resources for Nursing Home Neglect & Elder Care Abuse:

• Emeritus Senior Living- Kirkland Lodge

  Description: Since 1995, the Kirkland Lodge has been helping senior citizens maintain independence while providing the care that each individual requires. Located in Kirkland, WA, the Kirkland Lodge provides amenities that anyone would have trouble turning down such as a beautiful location, transportation, and three meals per day.
  

• Hearth Stone Retirement Living

  Description: The Hearthstone at Seattle's Green Lake is an inviting and welcoming continuing care community for persons 62 years old and older. Hearthstone works to create the sense of community and connectedness, which adds value and quality to the lives of residents who call the Hearthstone home. Residents of the Hearthstone live an independent lifestyle, balanced by companionship and the care of supportive and attentive staff. A full spectrum is offered to help foster independence for residence while providing care that is needed.
  

• Norse Home Retirement Community

  Description: The Norse Home Retirement Center has been providing top of the line care of its residence for 50 years. It provides services for a range of residents, ranging from those who are still very independant to those who are in need of care.

• Bayview Retirement Community

  Description: Bayview Retirement Community is a continuing care retirement community with a variety of care options to help residents maintain their independance while still receiving the individual care that is necessary.

• Seattle Medical and Rehabiliational Center

  Description: Seattle Medical and Rehabilitation Center provides a variety of different types of care, including professional nursing care, rehabilitative therapy and support services to residents enabling them to maintain their independence.

• Horizon House

  Description: Horizon House is a Continuing Care Retirement Community,that provides services and care for residents, ranging from complete independence to individualized care in Supported Living. This also ranges from light assistance to daily living to 24-hour-a-day nursing care.

• Park Shore Retirement Community

  Description: A member of the Presbyterian Retirement Communities Northwest, Park Shore Retirement Community offers Independent and Assisted Living, Nursing Care, and Memory Care.

• Sun Rise Senior Living

  Description: One of the top Senior Living solutions to Independent Living, Assisted Living, Alzheimer's Care, Nursing & Rehabilitative Care, Hospice Care, Short-term Stays

• Washington Care Center

  Description: Services of Washington care Center include Post-Surgical Care, Ostomy/Wound Care, I.V. Therapy, Pain Management, Restorative Care, Secured Dementia/Alzheimer’s/Memory Care, Hospice Care, Respite Care, Physical, Occupational, Speech Therapy, Recreation Therapy

• Kline Galland

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