Law Offices of George T. Bochanis Recent Blogs

After Nevada nursing home residents fall, family members should watch for signs that they have suffered a traumatic brain injury,[…]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, advocacy groups, and state governments are making a collective effort to stop social[…]

Medication errors, including giving residents the wrong drugs, are all too common in skilled nursing facilities throughout Nevada. According to[…]

Nursing home residents with dementia have a higher risk of suffering heat stroke, and facilities must take steps to protect[…]

Elderly people who live in for-profit nursing homes in Nevada are likelier to suffer from neglect and abuse than older adults[…]

Some Nevadans who either seek inpatient mental health treatment on their own or who are civilly committed are subjected to[…]

Mandated reporters who fail to report suspected elder abuse in Nevada may face civil and criminal consequences. Social workers, nurses,[…]

Rolling back regulatory reforms that help protect America’s 1.5 million nursing home residents from abuse, neglect and exploitation would place[…]

A 93-year-old woman, Rebecca Zeni was ‘eaten alive’ by the scabies parasites at a nursing home in a shocking case[…]

Up to 85 percent of patients in nursing homes and long-term care facilities are restrained by physical and/or chemical means[…]