Elderly, At Risk, and Haphazardly Protected by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Jonathan Jones, Special to ProPublica, Oct. 29, 2013, 10:56 a.m. A version of this story was co-published by “Frontline.” Workers found 82-year-old Vincenzina Pontoni submerged in a deep whirlpool bathtub. She had drowned. Pontoni, a resident of an assisted living facility near Cleveland, wasn’t […]

Emeritus Assisted Living attempts’ to spin PBS Frontline and ProPublica’s expose on Emeritus’ facilities and injuries which have occurred there are seen below.  Assisted Living Neglect, Assisted Living Abuse Lawyers at Hughey Law Firm.  Injury Lawyer Nathan Hughey has handled assisted living elopement cases, assisted living wrongful death claims, South Carolina assisted living abuse claims, […]

Introducing the Voices of Patient Harm Charleston hospital malpractice lawyer Nathan Hughey shares this story Over the last year, ProPublica has been investigating patient harm, one of the leading causes of death in America, and inviting providers and patients to share their experiences with our reporters. We’ve received hundreds of responses, and continue to report based […]

Charleston Hospital Malpractice lawyer Nathan Hughey shares this Frontline story: How Many Die From Medical Mistakes in U.S. Hospitals? It seems that every time researchers estimate how often a medical mistake contributes to a hospital patient’s death, the numbers come out worse. In 1999, the Institute of Medicine published the famous “To Err Is Human” […]

Who’s Looking Out for Seniors? Assisted living facilities care for nearly three quarters of a million seniors nationwide, a number that’s expected to rise as the Baby Boomers keep aging. But over the past several years, their growth has evolved relatively unchecked, with no federal regulation and a patchwork of supervision that varies from state […]

We have had numerous wrongful death and other assisted living cases resolve recently, having had a wrongful death settlement hearing yesterday and having another Monday. George McAfee Born: March 13, 1918 Died: March 4, 2009 The Emeritus Facility: Emeritus at Decatur, Decatur, Ga. As a star running back with Chicago Bears in the 1940s and 1950s, George […]