Jul 5, 2016 | Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect
Last week, we wrote about a new ruling that is bad for nursing home residents. But good news, this week we report about a ruling that helps victims of nursing home abuse. On June 7, 2016, the Oklahoma Supreme Court issued a ruling that helps plaintiffs in...
Jul 1, 2016 | Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect
I’ve previously written arbitration in nursing home cases. However, a new decision by the Oklahoma Court of Appeals now renders most of that advice invalid. In this blog post, I will explain this new ruling, how it compares to existing case law in Oklahoma, how it...
May 25, 2016 | Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect
UPDATE 06/30/2016: After this article was posted online, the OBA published (05/28/2016 issue) a ruling by the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals that substantially affects this area of law. Accordingly, the content of this article may be out of date and no longer...
May 20, 2016 | Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect
Can a patient or family place a hidden camera in the patient’s room? Yes. The patient in an Oklahoma nursing home has an absolute right to place cameras in the room. The nursing home cannot prevent this. Cameras are a bad nursing home’s worst enemy, because it...
May 16, 2016 | Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect
Next in our nursing home blog series is this article on how nursing home neglect can cause serious bed sores and pressure ulcers in the resident’s skin, resulting in serious pain, suffering, and even death if sufficient interventions are not taken to treat infections....
May 11, 2016 | Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect
A nursing home has a duty to provide adequate care for the residents. Therefore, nursing homes have a duty not only to refrain from activities that are abusive, but they have a duty to investigate and remove any persons involved in abuse of the patients....
