Archives
- 2012.02.03: Canal Side Care Manor in Northampton County to Close by End of Month
- 2012.01.31: County Nursing Home in Chambersburg, PA Gets 5 Star Rating
- 2012.01.27: Estate of Florida Woman Sues Nursing Home After Fall
- 2012.01.26: New Bill Could Limit Punitive Damages in Nursing Home Cases
- 2012.01.25: Asbestos Found in Gracedale Nursing Home
- 2012.01.23: n4a Endorses Senior Mobility Legislation
- 2012.01.20: Maintain Good Posture As You Age
- 2012.01.19: Improving Brain Skills in Older Adults Can Lead to Positive Personality Changes
- 2012.01.12: Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare to Consolidate Financial Services to Medicaid
- 2012.01.11: Elder Abuse a Growing Problem
- 2012.01.08: Report Reveals Most Hospital Errors Go Unreported
- 2012.01.07: Fulton County Medical Center Long Term Care Facility Receives Award
- 2012.01.06: Lackawanna County Being Sued by Nursing Home
- 2012.01.05: Preventing Hospital Delirium
- 2011.12.30: House Bill 210 Helps Senior Citizens Remain At Home
- 2011.12.27: Bed Licenses at Pleasant Ridge Manor Sold
- 2011.12.25: Remember to Thank a Nurse This Holiday Season
- 2011.12.22: Holiday Visits Good Time to Check On Elderly Relatives
- 2011.12.15: Giving The Caregiver The Gift of Respite This Holiday Season
- 2011.12.09: 2010 Property Tax/Rent Rebate Deadline Approaching
- 2011.12.08: Study Shows Vaccines Are Most Effective Way to Prevent Flu in Older Citizens
- 2011.12.05: Additional Medicare Cuts Hurt Nursing Homes
- 2011.12.02: Nursing Home Groups Support Marilyn Tavenner as Administrator of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- 2011.11.28: Common Medications That Cause Older Americans to Be Hospitalized
- 2011.11.24: Happy Thanksgiving from Michael J. O'Connor & Associates!
- 2011.11.22: D.C. advocates rally for elder care
- 2011.11.16: Oregon Nursing Home Residents Use iPad to Vote
- 2011.11.14: November is National Family Caregiver Month
- 2011.11.13: Dealing with Alzheimer's Patients Who Wander
- 2011.11.03: State Personal Care Home Violations Discussed
- 2011.11.01: Montgomery County Nursing Home Identified as Having Strep Outbreak
- 2011.10.31: Pain Medication Legislation
- 2011.10.28: Guarding Against Streptococcus in Nursing Homes
- 2011.10.23: PA State Nursing Homes Face $200 Million Cut in Medicare Payments
- 2011.10.17: Civil Complaint Filed Against Quadrangle
- 2011.09.05: Home Care Is More Affordable Than You Think
- 2011.08.31: A Look at a Different Type of Nursing Home: Beatitudes
- 2011.08.26: Pennsylvania Braces for Hurricane Irene
- 2011.08.24: New Management Company Chosen for Gracedale Nursing Home
- 2011.08.22: How Medicare and Medicaid Services Cuts in October May Affect Nursing Homes
- 2011.08.18: Nursing Home Residents Visit Doctor Via Video
- 2011.08.15: Tips on How to Choose Elder Care
- 2011.08.09: Elderly Woman's Family Wins $91.5 Million in Nursing Home Neglect Lawsuit
- 2011.08.03: Nursing Home Compare Website New Design is Unveiled
- 2011.08.01: Temperatures Rising Inside Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Chambersburg
- 2011.07.28: Study Shows Antidepressants Can Cause Falls in Elderly
- 2011.07.26: Study Finds Black Nursing Home Residents Have Higher Risk of Bed Sores
- 2011.07.19: Wireless Technology May Help Collect Health Data from Seniors
- 2011.07.15: West Viriginia Rules that Nursing Homes Can't Use Arbitration to Fight Lawsuits
- 2011.07.11: Cambria Care Center in Ebensburg Retains Medicare Agreement
- 2011.07.03: Pennsylvania Personal Care Home White Owl Manor Closed by State Officials
- 2011.06.24: Care Assistant Charged with Assault of Patient at Magnolias Nursing Home in Chambersburg
- 2011.06.22: Tips for Keeping Older Adults Cool During the Summer
- 2011.06.14: Senate Passes Bill that Creates Independent Review Process for Nursing Homes
- 2011.06.13: Federal Investigators Find Nursing Home Residents with Dementia Prescribed Antipsychotic Drugs Despite Increased Risk of Death
- 2011.06.12: Attorney Michael J. O'Connor Featured in USA Today as One of the Legal Elite
- 2011.06.11: Employee Files Suit against Gracedale Nursing Home
- 2011.06.01: Lehigh County Debates Whether to Sell County-Owned Cedarbrook Nursing Home
- 2011.05.28: PA Nursing Facility Quadrangle Has License Reinstated
- 2011.05.17: Residents Evacuated from Brighten Nursing Home in Bryn Mawr, PA
- 2011.05.13: Implanting Feeding Tubes into Dementia Patients
- 2011.05.10: Celebrating National Nursing Home Week (May 8-May 14)
- 2011.05.03: Update on Abuse Allegations at Quadrangle Nursing Facility in Haverford
- 2011.04.18: The Fight to Protect Seniors in Schuylkill County
- 2011.04.14: Hidden Camera Catches Abuse at Pennsylvania Nursing Home
- 2011.04.02: Are Lawsuits Improving Nursing Home Care?
- 2011.03.31: Medicare's Nursing Home Compare Site to Get Makeover in April
- 2011.03.30: Michael J. O'Connor & Associates Go Hog Wild at the Reading Super Swap 2011
- 2011.02.15: Wii Invades the Nursing Home: It's Not Just for Your Grandkids Anymore!
- 2011.02.01: Bids Come in for Northhampton County Nursing Home
- 2011.01.13: Can Playing Music Help Prevent Bedsores?
- 2011.01.04: The One Season No One Enjoys: Stomach Flu Season
- 2010.12.31: Texas Nursing Home Named in Wrongful Death Lawsuit
- 2010.12.07: Understanding Bedsores
- 2010.10.27: Understaffed and Untrained Nursing Homes Costing Billions
- 2010.10.12: New American Association for Justice Report shows how Litigation holds Nursing Homes and Insurance Companies Accountable when they Target our Nations' Seniors.
- 2010.09.17: Understand Nursing Home Abuse
- 2010.08.02: PA Superior Court unanimously extends corporate liability to nursing homes
- 2010.06.30: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Celebrated in June
- 2010.06.15: Attorney David A. Miller at Michael J. O'Connor & Associates Included in the 2010 Pennsylvania Rising Stars List
- 2010.06.15: Two Attorneys at Michael J. O'Connor & Associates Top the 2010 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers List
- 2010.06.09: Use of Bed Rails Poses a Risk to Nursing Home Residents
- 2010.06.01: Culture Change Training Across PA Will Help Elderly Shape Their Own Care
- 2010.05.21: New Study Shows Not Taking Medication Can Increase Risk of Falls for Seniors
- 2010.05.11: Nursing Home in Lancaster County, PA Is Shut Down Due to Problems
- 2010.05.10: National Nursing Home Week: May 9-15
- 2010.05.07: Michael J. O'Connor & Associates Welcomes Newest Member, Atty. Debra A. Matherne
- 2010.05.04: CDC Report Estimates 40% of Emergency Room Visits by Nursing Home Residents are Preventable
- 2010.04.30: Today is the First National 'No Phone Zone' Day
- 2010.04.19: Deadline Today to Vote in Pennsylvania's May Primary
- 2010.04.16: Michael J. O'Connor & Associates Introduces Live Chat Feature to Website
- 2010.04.14: Nursing Home Residents Can Unwittingly Sign Away Their Rights
- 2010.03.29: PA's Weatherwood Nursing Home To Be Sold to Guardian Health Care
- 2010.03.19: Philly Jury Awards $5 Million in Punitive Damages in Fatal Bedsore Case
- 2010.03.16: Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Welfare Shuts Down West Philly Nursing Home
- 2010.03.15: Indiana For-Profit Nursing Homes Score Poorly
- 2010.03.13: Report Finds Large Percent of Massachusetts Nursing Home Residents Given Antipsychotic Medication
- 2010.03.12: Report Concludes Minnesota Nursing Home Gave Wrong Medication to Residents
- 2010.03.03: Another Pennsylvania County-Run Nursing Home Moves into Private Hands
- 2010.02.22: Elder Abuse Prevention Training Session Held in Schuylkill County, PA
- 2010.02.17: Federal Database of Dangerous Caregivers to be Available March 1
- 2010.02.11: Pennsylvania Sees Growing Trend in Selling County-Run Nursing Homes
- 2010.02.09: Nursing Home Residents Have Rights, Too
- 2010.01.30: Choosing an Adult Day Care Center
- 2010.01.27: Ten Important Things to Consider in Nursing Home Care
- 2010.01.25: Another Allegheny County Nursing Home Ranked Among Nation's Most Troubled Homes
- 2010.01.21: Aging Population Increases Need for Assisted-Living Facilities in Michigan
- 2010.01.18: New Technology Gives Seniors More Time at Home
- 2010.01.15: Carbon County Nursing and Rehab Center Will Go Up for Sale
- 2010.01.11: Nursing Director Accused of Using Chemical Restraints on Elderly Residents
- 2010.01.08: For Families, the Holidays Can Spark Nursing Home Discussions
- 2010.01.06: Grane Finalizes Sale of Laurel Crest Rehab & Special Care Center in Ebensburg, PA
- 2010.01.04: Don't Be Afraid to Speak Up About the Things You See When Visiting a Loved One in a Nursing Home
- 2009.12.28: Tips for Visiting a Loved One in a Nursing Home
- 2009.12.23: Possum Makes a Surprise Visit in the O'Connor's Christmas Tree
- 2009.12.21: Falls in Nursing Homes Can Be Deadly
- 2009.12.17: Gift Ideas for Nursing Home Residents
- 2009.12.15: Bed Sores Can Mean Lawsuits for Some Nursing Home Facilities
- 2009.12.11: Lansing, MI Fights Abuse with Elder Death Review Team
- 2009.12.10: Pittsburgh-Based Grane Healthcare Still on Schedule to Purchase Laurel Crest Rehabilitation & Special Care Center
- 2009.12.08: Analysis of Federal Nursing Home Compare System Shows Levels of Care Vary Across the County
- 2009.12.04: Texas Nursing Home Aide Sentenced to 20 Months for Abusing Nursing Home Resident
- 2009.11.18: The Seasonal Flu and Pennsylvania Seniors
- 2009.11.17: WTAE's Team 4 Investigates Poorly Rated Nursing Homes in Pittsburgh
- 2009.11.16: Pennsylvania Woman Charged with Elder Abuse
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