When 88 year-old Ms. W’s dementia worsened and she needed assistance with activities of daily living, her family decided to place her at Grand Court, an unlicensed and unregulated senior living facility in Farmington Hills, Michigan, owned and operated by…

Jules Olsman has spent more than 25 years exposing nursing home neglect.  He was recently interviewed by Channel 7 Action News Detroit about the dangers of medication errors inside Michigan nursing homes.

Families for Better Care, a non-profit citizen advocacy group dedicated to keeping tabs on the quality of nursing homes and long-term care facilities in the United States, recently released a state-by-state nursing home report card. Michigan was ranked 44th, nearly…

It was made clear in her care assessment that Mrs. D could not move around without the assistance of her walker because she tended to shuffle her feet, and she had poor balance. Caregivers at Crystal Haven, an adult foster…

Elder abuse.  It is a buzz phrase being used all across the media.  Every day there are news reports of the elderly being mistreated by family members, or nursing home staff responsible for their welfare.  These senior citizens are being…

A nurse at St. Francis Nursing Center in Detroit ordered a nurse assistant to tie a highly agitated and confused resident to his chair with a bed sheet. An immediate jeopardy violation was issued to the facility for violating the…

Olsman, Mueller, Wallace & MacKenzie has filed suit on behalf of an elderly resident of Magnum Health and Rehab of Albion, Michigan, who died as a result of a severe head injury with internal bleeding that went untreated. Early in…

Olsman, Mueller, Wallace & MacKenzie has filed suit against Bortz of Rose City on behalf of an elderly woman for negligently allowing her to elope from the dementia unit through an unsecured bedroom window, breaking her ankle. Ms. F was…