A USAToday study of the ratings of 15,000 nursing homes in the U.S. shows that 35 percent of nursing homes received 1-star ratings over the past three years. A 5-star rating system for nursing homes was put in place in 2008 by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.

In the studied 3-year time period, nursing homes were given 7 ratings. 564, or about 1 in every 25, homes received 1-star ratings every time. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, 1-star ratings are given to nursing homes in which the care is significantly below the average level of care in a state.

In New Jersey, 11 homes consistently received 1-star. Some of the reasons homes received 1-star ratings were abuse, neglect, unlicensed employees, and uncleanliness.

If you or a loved one has been the victim of abuse in a nursing home, contact the New Jersey nursing home abuse attorneys of Levinson Axelrod, P.A. at 800-346-5529 to learn more about how we can help you.

A 29-year-old man in Santa Barbara has agreed to a plea bargain of three years probation for disregarding a dependent adult in his care.

The man was formerly employed at the Central Coast Nursing Center where he was a nursing assistant. He was charged with performing a lewd act on a dependent adult, and sexual battery of that individual. He is currently in jail serving a two-year sentence for engaging in a sexual relationship with a female who was under the age of legal consent.

While on probation, the nursing assistant will not be able to work in a nursing home. His record will also come up when a potential employer runs a background check on his qualifications. He has already had to register as a sex offender due to his previous conviction and jail sentence.

Please contact the New Jersey nursing home abuse lawyers of Levinson Axelrod, P.A. by calling 800-346-5529 if you or someone you know has been the victim of nursing home abuse.

A 74-year-old woman is claiming that a nursing home in Rankin County has abused her. The woman’s daughter has made public allegations against the nursing facility, as well as filed a complaint against the facility.

The daughter received a call from the facility claiming that her elderly mother, who suffers from dementia, had fallen from her wheelchair and was taken to the hospital. The woman went to the nursing home to talk to the nurse who witnessed the fall. She is claiming that the nurse’s exact words to her, in regards to her mother, were that she “had had enough.”

The elderly woman fractured her eye and also sustained several bruises and injuries to her body. Her daughter posted the pictures of her injuries onto the popular social media site, Facebook. The daughter frequently receives calls from the facility, where her mother has resided for the past four years, claiming that her mother falls quite often. The last time she fell at the facility, she suffered a broken arm.

If you or someone you know has been the victim of nursing home abuse, please contact the New Jersey nursing home abuse lawyers of Levinson Axelrod, P.A. by calling 800-346-5529 today.

The family of an 87-year-old woman has filed a lawsuit against an Illinois nursing home amid allegations of sexual assault.

They are claiming that their mother had been abused by an aide at the nursing home and even describes in detail the measures that some employees went to to cover up the incident from doctors as well as police.

According to the family, the abuse took place a year and a half ago at the nursing home in question. The woman was taken to a hospital shortly after the abuse, where doctors found injuries on the her body that favored the sexual abuse allegations. The nursing home in question has denied all of the allegations.

Please contact the New Jersey nursing home abuse lawyers of Levinson Axelrod, P.A. by calling 800-346-5529 if you or someone you love has been abused while residing in a nursing home.

A nurse in Ohio is currently being investigated for criminal patient abuse at the Independence House nursing home in Fostoria, Ohio.  Police have already charged the 28-year old woman with one fourth degree felony count of patient abuse.

The Fostoria Police Department began investigating the nurse after fellow employees and a supervisor reported that they suspected she was physically abusing patients.  Investigations revealed that the nurse abused a least one patient, 94, by pinching her and pulling her hair.

Because police have found evidence of multiple incidents of abuse, they continue to investigate the nurse.  However, the 28-year old will go to trial later this month for at least one count of patient of abuse.

If you or a loved one has experienced physical abuse in a nursing home, contact the New Jersey nursing home physical abuse lawyers of Levinson Axelrod, P.A. at 800-346-5529 to learn more about how we can help you.

State health department authorities in Minnesota have charged a nursing home in Hopkins, Minnesota with neglect for failing to properly monitor one of their patient’s nutrition.

Officials investigated the nursing home, Golden Living Center, and its staff, and found that the patient’s nutrition and health were not watched for 2 months, causing him to suffer from malnutrition and become seriously underweight and dehydrated.

In weeks, the patient lost 30 pounds and had to go to the hospital, where he later died.  Medical examiners found the cause of death to be pneumonia, but said that dehydration was also a factor.

Two New Jersey police officers rescued a man from a burning vehicle after they pursued the vehicle because it was reported stolen a few days prior.

Authorities said that the 29-year-old driver had allegedly stolen the vehicle a few nights before by gunpoint.

The police officers spotted the car in Hillside on Route 22 and chased it for about a mile before it crashed an rolled. Police then ran and shattered the window in order to pull the man to safety.

If you or a loved one has been injured in an accident, contact the Howell injury lawyers of Levinson and Axelrod, P.A., by calling 800-346-5529 today.

A 54-year-old man has died after a motorcycle accident last Monday on Route 45.

The accident occurred as the motorcyclist was heading southbound on Route 45 and a driver of another vehicle was waiting to cross the road in the parking lot of a supermarket.

When the vehicles got to the intersection, they collided with each other causing the motorcyclist to be ejected from his bike. The motorcyclist was transported to the hospital to be treated for injuries sustained, but succumbed to his injuries on Saturday evening.The man was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.

Motorcycle accidents can cause serious injury to all involved, our thoughts are with the friends and family of the victims.

According to insurance providers, the number of auto-deer collisions have gone up 21 percent in the last five years causing more that one million car accidents per year.

New Jersey is also noticing this trend and has had an increase over the past four years as well. Insurance providers have said that the average accident  cost is $3,103 in these situations. Also, reports show that almost 200 people are killed each year in an accident with a deer or after swerving to avoid a deer in the road.

Some blame the high number in deer-auto crashes on the speed limits on the roads, especially back roads where deer are more likely to be. A car will sustain major damage when traveling high speeds and striking an animal even if it is relatively small.

If you or a family member has been in an accident with a deer after travling on roadways that have speed limits that are too fast for the conditions, contact the Howell car accident lawyers of Levinson and Axelrod by calling 800-346-5529 today.

An 81-year-old man was injured after being struck by a New Jersey Transit train while attempting to make a turn.

The New York resident was attempting to make a turn into a parking lot off of Broadway. The train was on the way to Spring Valley N.Y. when the accident occurred and there was 35 passengers aboard at the time.

Trains continued to run on schedule after the accident, but northbound traffic was backed up for nearly an hour. The man was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

If you or a  loved one has been injured in a train accident, you need experienced representation on your side during this stressful time. Contact the Howell train accident lawyers of Levinson and Axelrod, P.A., by calling 800-346-5529 today.