Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Nursing Homes: Falls and Fall Prevention

  Bruce Bierhans | February 26, 2011 8:30 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  I presently represent the family of a woman that died in a Massachusetts nursing home after falling 10 times over a 14 month period. That's right; not a typo; 10 times! In nursing homes, 3 out of 4...

• A Happy Day for a Lawyer and Client in Harwich

  Bruce Bierhans | January 18, 2010 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  I am well aware that in the eyes of many people, lawyers reside at the lower end of the food chain. However, for 28 years, I have loved being a lawyer. The reason is that I know that lawyers can...

• Alert: Spousal Liability for Nursing Home Care in Massachusetts

  Bruce Bierhans | December 11, 2009 2:01 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  A Superior Court judge in Springfield has recently ruled that a widow could be responsible for her deceased husband's nursing home bills...and that her home, in which the husband never had an...

• The Crime of the 21st Century? Elder Financial Abuse

  Bruce Bierhans | July 16, 2009 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  On the heels of our Harwich elder securites fraud case: Fred Joseph, president of the North American Securites Administrators Association has described elder financial abuse as the crime of the...

• Update on Cape Elder Securities Fraud Case

  Bruce Bierhans | July 12, 2009 9:42 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1183759 A while back, I wrote about a case involving an 86 year old Harwich woman that was victimized by a financial adviser (so he...

• Elder Abuse Rises in Massachusetts

  Carrie Strasser | February 13, 2009 12:37 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  The Boston Globe reported on Monday that economic stress is causing more family caregivers to abuse and/or neglect elderly relatives. This is not only due to economic pressures on the individual...

• Nursing Home Ratings

  Bruce Bierhans | January 04, 2009 12:40 PM | 1 CommentCape Cod, MA

  Believe me...when I wrote my last post on Nursing Homes in my Cape Cod Barrister blog on CapeCod Today, I had no idea that nursing home grading would be the headline story in the Cape Cod Times just...

• Nursing Home Neglect

  Bruce Bierhans | December 04, 2008 2:24 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  We are seeing an increase in calls from individuals complaining about the care and treatment received by family members in nursing homes. We are hearing horror stories about bedsores, falls, broken...

• Over 90% of U.S. Nursing Homes Violate Federal Standards

  Carrie Strasser | September 30, 2008 8:34 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  In a report issued today, federal investigators stated that 94% of nursing homes were cited for health and safety violations last year with problems ranging from infected bedsores and medication...