Following a stroke, 70-year-old Mr. R suffered from occasional confusion and cognitive impairment.  To assist with his care, Mr. R was admitted to the Wynwood of Portage assisted living facility.  Here, administrators promised Mr. R’s family that he would be…

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…

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…