The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. This general proverb is usually true regarding the evil of nursing home abuse. Specifically, the issue is a hate of payroll costs. Over 90 percent of the long-term care facilities in Fayette County are severely...

Statistics about nursing home abuse are normally quite unreliable. These facilities do not report over 80 percent of the abuse cases they suspect. That’s only part of the story. Most nursing home abuse victims do not report these incidents either. Sometimes, they are...

Hidden surveillance cameras, or granny cams, are technically legal in the Bluegrass State. Kentucky, like most other jurisdictions, is a single party consent state. Only one party to a conversation must agree to an audio or visual recording (i.e. I give myself...

According to one advocacy group, about one in ten elders are abused every year. However, this figure is most likely underreported. Many older adults, especially some nursing home residents, are unaware they’ve been victimized. Additionally, many residents don’t report...

The idea of compensation for negligent (intentional yet non-malicious) injuries comes from a long line of cases, such as 1837’s Vaughan v. Menlove. Back in those days, houses had thatched roofs. The hay could spontaneously combust, and if that happened, the fire would...

Both kinds of injuries are widespread at many Kentucky nursing homes. One in ten residents have survived abuse or neglect. Nursing home abuse is an intentional injury, like an assault. Nursing home neglect is an unintentional injury, like a slip and fall.  To keep an...

As the nursing home population expands and coronavirus restrictions make it more difficult to visit their loved ones, more people are relying on “granny cams,” which are hidden surveillance cameras, to keep tabs on their loved ones. Assault prevention is high on the...