Caring for a loved one with dementia is challenging enough without worrying about their safety in a nursing home. Residents with cognitive decline are especially vulnerable, and abuse of any kind is never their fault. Families often feel unsure about what to do when signs of abuse or neglect are subtle or hard to explain. At Crowe Arnold & Majors, LLP, we understand how …
The Role of Life Care Planning in Severe Nursing Home Injury Claims
When a nursing home resident suffers catastrophic harm, families are left with questions and concerns that go far beyond immediate medical expenses. What will long-term care look like? Who pays for years of treatment, therapy, and daily assistance? In severe abuse and neglect cases, these questions may form the basis of a future lawsuit. At Crowe Arnold & Majors, LLP, our attorneys regularly work with families seeking legal help for nursing …
When Nursing Homes Falsify Care or Destroy Evidence
When a loved one is seriously injured or dies in a nursing home, families sometimes sense that the explanation they receive does not tell the whole story. Records feel incomplete. Staff accounts shift. Important documentation is delayed, revised, or missing entirely. In severe nursing home abuse and neglect cases, the issue is not just what happened, but whether the facility destroyed its records or evidence to cover it …
Myth or Fact? How to Tell the Truth About Nursing Home Abuse
When something about your loved one’s care doesn’t add up, here’s the short answer: nursing home abuse can happen in any facility and usually manifests in troubling patterns; unexplained weight loss, persistent bedsores, missed medications, constant falls and bruising, or sudden withdrawal. Document what you see, report it to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) or Adult Protective …
How to Check if a Dallas Nursing Home Has Violations
Choosing a nursing home for a loved one is one of the most important decisions a family can make. Safety, quality of care, and trust are paramount. Unfortunately, not all facilities meet basic standards, and prior violations can indicate risks of neglect or abuse. This guide helps families navigate public records, identify red flags, and take action if they uncover …
What Happens If I Don’t Remember All The Details Of My Sexual Assault?
When a person is sexually assaulted, the brain’s instinct is to focus on survival—not memory formation. As a result, many survivors cannot recall every detail of the event, and memories may be fragmented, incomplete, or unclear. However, these memory gaps do not undermine the credibility of your experience. The legal system increasingly acknowledges how trauma affects memory, and the absence …
How Legal Representation Can Empower Survivors
How Legal Representation Can Empower Survivors Legal representation empowers survivors of sexual assault by providing the tools and advocacy needed to navigate a complex legal system, pursue accountability, and seek compensation for the harm they’ve endured. They carry not only the trauma of the assault but also the emotional, physical, and financial burdens that follow. An experienced attorney helps shoulder …
Can Family Members Be Held Liable for Abuse or Neglect in Senior Living Facilities?
Family members are generally not held directly liable for abuse or neglect that occurs in senior living facilities in Texas unless they personally contributed to or caused the harm. However, there are situations where family members could face legal or moral responsibility depending on their actions or omissions. For example, they fail to report known abuse or neglect they are …
Find Out if a Senior Living Facility Has a History of Abuse Claims
Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare Tool provides ratings for different nursing homes based on location and can help you identify the ones to avoid. Other resources include Nursing Home Inspect by ProPublica and review platforms like Yelp, TrustPilot, and Google My Business. In addition, The Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) regulates senior living facilities in Texas and maintains records of …
Broken Bones Fall Injury Due to Nursing Home Abuse
In Texas, nursing home abuse can directly lead to broken bones through physical assault or rough handling by caregivers or through spills, lack of mobility devices, or cluttered walkways. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) reported over 50,000 cases of elder abuse in 2022, encompassing various forms of mistreatment, including physical abuse that can result in fractures. …
