In a complaint filed by Olsman MacKenzie Peacock & Wallace against University Assisted Living, it is alleged that in 2019, the facility left the doors to the stairwells inside the building unmonitored and unsecured. University Assisted Living of Ann Arbor…

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…

Many times, state and federal regulators levy substantial and, more often, minimal ($100) fines against facilities when serious injury and deaths occur. The question is how meaningful these fines are and whether they help change how the facility operates. The Miami Herald ( 12-31-11)…

On May 11, 2011, the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved H.R.5.  This new bill will eliminate the legal rights of people injured by medical negligence, nursing home negligence, defective drugs and medical devices, and will protect HMO’s and insurance…

Gait belts are used in nursing homes as a way to transfer, walk, lift and bathe residents who are not able to support themselves. Employees of a nursing home are expected to keep a gait belt with them and to use the…

A recent article by Nary W. Carter and Frank Porell in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society estimates that every year 6.4 million people over the age of 65 suffer injuries requiring medical attention. Medicare spends 8 billion dollars per…

We recently began an investigation into a case by a woman in northern Michigan who believe she was inappropriately prescribed Prednisone for year and a half by her physician. The pharmacy of course filled the script. Patients need to vigilantly…

A  recent article by Nary W. Carter and Frank Porell in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society estimates that every year, 6.4 million people over the age of 65 suffer injuries requiring medical attention. Medicare spends 8 billion dollars per…