Lauren Ellerman

An article in yesterday’s Washington Post:Long-Hidden Dangers?Early Exposure to DDT May Raise Risk of Breast CancerBy Rick WeissWashington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, October 9, 2007; Page HE01A new study has found a significant link between women’s exposure to DDT as young girls and the development of breast cancer later in…

Not a weekend goes by, when I am not asking in some social setting “What type of law do you practice?” Typically, I answer directly – “I sue nursing homes.” The last time I said this, the other person, a nurse, asked “I hope you sue the corporations and remind…

Great article in Washington Post today – Read it here.“Each year, an estimated 1.7 million hospital patients develop infections, each of which adds thousands of dollars to the cost of treatment. And some patients pay the highest price: Hospital infections kill approximately 99,000 Americans a year. The Centers for Disease…

Read the full response, here. WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following is astatement from Alan Rosenbloom, President of the Alliance for QualityNursing Home Care, in reaction to the Sunday, Sept 23, New York Times storyentitled, “At Many Homes, More Profit and Less Nursing:” “The nursing home data analyzed by…

Big news this weekend – recent study finds nursing homes owned by investor groups, provide lower quality care that those not owned by investor groups. I am not at all surprised. We have long discussed the competing interest of stockholders, and patients. Patients require the best care possibility, and morally…

Nurses, are the cornerstone of American healthcare. And this is not only my opinion, but look at any long term care facility, hospital or doctor’s office and you will have to agree. Most of the healthcare provided today, is by nurses. So why aren’t they paid more? Why aren’t more…

I spent a few hours yesterday researching “elopement” cases in long term care facilities…. Yes, I mean accidents that occur when a resident leaves the facility, unattended. Many long term care residents are in good physical shape, such that they can walk and ambulate without assistance. If your loved one…

It is a sad state of the world, when states have to create laws that prohibit abusing an elderly patient of a long term care facility… but because abuse happens, states have responded. Today I read a published case from Missouri where the Court held a nursing home administrator yelling…

Advocates tell of failures at Atria Senior LivingCompany operates senior facility in SalisburyBusiness Wire“As the assisted living industry celebrates National Assisted Living Week (Sept. 9 – 15), the Campaign to Improve Assisted Living and SEIU Healthcare are reminding the public that all is not well in the country’s assisted living…