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How To Spot Financial Exploitation of the Elderly in New York

Elder abuse is an intentional or negligent act by any person that causes harm or a serious risk of harm to a senior. It is targeted at our nation’s most vulnerable adults, affecting at least 10 percent of our venerable elders each year. You have likely heard reports of seniors being the victims of  physical abuse, neglect and abandonment, psychological abuse, and sexual abuse. If someone you know is experiencing one of these types of […]

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After Deadly Year for NY Nursing Homes, How to Recognize Negligence

While the pandemic resulted in thousands of deaths in NY long-term care facilities, it is hard to know how many of those deaths were at least partially the result of nursing home negligence. Worse, poor resident treatment has not disappeared just because COVID-19 seems to be on the wane. On the contrary, it remains all too common not just in New York, but across the country. A woman in a Syracuse, NY, nursing home was […]

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Get Answers to Your Questions About Elderly Abuse in New York

Trusting the care of a loved one to someone else is difficult at any point in your life. Unfortunately, some people may take advantage of the elderly and perpetrate what is called elderly abuse against them. Elderly abuse can manifest itself in a variety of ways. Many people associate it with physical abuse or neglect, but it can include financial and emotional abuse as well. Many people have questions about elder abuse and what can […]

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NY Partial Repeal Balances Nursing Home Protection and Patient Rights

COVID-19 has posed a lot of tough questions for patients living in nursing homes, as well as their families. Is it safe for elderly adults to be living in a nursing home? Are some nursing homes riskier than others? And in the worst-case scenario, what happens if a loved one does pass away, and the nursing home hasn’t been safe? The answers to these questions have evolved throughout the pandemic. Nursing homes have been a […]

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