In a harrowing case that sheds light on the critical need for vigilance and accountability in senior care facilities, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has announced charges against a caregiver employed at Vista Springs Imperial Park at Timber Ridge, an…

Watch what Olsman MacKenzie Peacock & Wallace attorney Donna MacKenzie has to say about a recent case she is involved with during this Advice From Your Advocates with Bob Mannor segment titled, An Appeal that Matters: Kermath vs. Independence Village.  …

Jules Olsman will represent the family of Christel Moryl, an 89 year-old resident of Waterford at Edison Lakes senior living facility in Mishawaka, Indiana.  Ms. Moryl wandered, undetected, out of her apartment building and drowned in a pond on the…

Michigan Nursing Home Inspection Report The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) conducts yearly inspections of nursing homes and long-term care facilities to ensure they are compliant with state and federal regulations. Nursing home violations are documented 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…

Two days after being admitted to St. Anne’s Convalescent Center in Detroit for short-term, post-operative rehabilitation and IV antibiotics, a man escaped his room by tying together bed sheets and climbing out of his third story room.  The nursing home…

On December 9, 2011, a resident of Father Murray Nursing and Rehab Centre left the facility unnoticed and was injured.  The resident used a wheelchair and was diagnosed with dementia, but more particularly, he was prone to wander into other…

On Dec 13, 2011, a 74 year old resident from Maple Valley Nursing home (Maple City, MI) walked independently out of the facility, unknown to his caregivers. It was known that the resident would try to leave the facility on his…