The national law firm of Charles Jerome Ware, P.A., Attorneys & Counselors, is highly-regarded and very successful in the area of prosecuting nursing home abuse cases. The firm is conveniently headquartered in the Maryland - D.C. metropolitan area. For an initial courtesy consultation, contact us at www.charlesjeromeware.com, (410) 730-5016, or (410) 720-6129. The information provided in
this blog is for informational purposes only, and is not to be considered legal advice; nor does this information create an attorney-client relationship with the reader.
Elder abuse and nursing home abuse are increasing problems in our society--- including here in the Maryland - D.C. metropolitan area. There is probably no area of personal injury law where Federal and State regulation is more prominent or important than nursing home negligence. The Federal
regulatory scheme is comprehensive and applies to the vast majority of nursing home facilities.
States such as Maryland also regulate nursing homes, and the state regulatory scheme can enhance or supplement the Federal program. The federal regulatory scheme sets the bar and the State can raise the bar, but the state cannot lower the bar. The doctrine of preemption would render conflicting State law inapposite in those circumstances.
In 2010, there were 5,961,568 elderly abuse cases reported in the U.S. This figure represented 9.5%
of the elderly population in the U.S. at that time. 58.5% of these abuse cases were attributable to
neglect; 15.7% were reported as physical abuse; 12.3% were recorded as financial abuse; 7.3%
were listed as emotional abuse; 0.04% were categorized as sexual abuse; and 5.16% were listed as
" all other types/unknown" abuse.
67.3% of these elderly abuse victims were women; and the median age of all reported elderly abuse victims in 2010 was 77.9 years of age.
66.4% of all victims were white; 18.7% were black; and 10.4% were Hispanic. [http://www.statisticbrain.com/Elderly Abuse Statistics; National Center on Elder Abuse, Bureau of Justice Statistics (6-18-2013)]
There are currently 16,100 nursing homes in the U.S.
There are presently 1.7 million nursing home beds in those 16,100 nursing homes.
The current occupancy rate for these U.S. nursing homes is 86%.
The number of current nursing home residents is 1.5 million.
the average length of time since admission (current residents) is 835 days.
[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/nursingh.htm; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
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