Northern California Nursing Home Lawyers

January 23, 2026

New Study Addresses Link Between Bed Sores and Mortality

Do you have an elderly parent or other family member who currently resides in a nursing home in Northern California? Whether your loved one is living in Marin, Sonoma, or San Francisco County, it is important to be aware of bed sore risks and to take immediate action if you learn that your loved one has developed bed sores in the facility where they are supposed to be receiving a high quality of care. To be clear, bed sores — also known as pressure ulcers — can develop very quickly, and Stage 1 bed sores may not always be avoidable depending on an older adult’s health circumstances. Stage 1 bed sores can be effectively treated, and these have not yet developed into an open wound. However, when early bed sores are not quickly identified and treated, they can result in severe infections and even death.

A recent study in the Geriatric Medicine Journal addresses the link between bed sores and mortality, reporting that “older adults with pressure ulcers face a significantly higher risk of mortality compared to those without these injuries.”

Details of the New Elderly Bed Sore Study

January 13, 2026

How to Find the Right Nursing Home Abuse or Neglect Lawyer in the San Francisco Bay Area

by Nursing Home Law Group

Discovering that an older loved one has been harmed in a nursing home or assisted living facility is devastating. Families across the San Francisco Bay Area often describe the same experience: something feels wrong, the explanation from the facility does not add up, and decline happens far too quickly to be dismissed as normal aging.

Choosing the right lawyer in this moment is not just a legal decision. It is about accountability, answers, and protecting vulnerable elders from further harm. In the Bay Area, where care facilities range from small assisted living homes to large corporate skilled nursing centers, finding a qualified elder abuse and neglect attorney requires careful evaluation.

Understanding elder abuse and neglect in Bay Area care facilities

December 27, 2024

Recognizing Elder Abuse During the Holiday Season

by Nursing Home Law Group

Whether you have already made one or more visits to a loved one in the San Francisco Bay Area during the holiday season or you have plans for an upcoming visit, it is a particularly good time of the year to be on the lookout for any signs of elder abuse or neglect if your elderly loved one is living in a nursing home, a skilled nursing facility, an assisted-living facility, or any other type of residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE) in California. The holiday season often involves multiple visits from family and adult children gathering to see their parents, which means adult children and other family members can work together to identify potential abuse or neglect risks.

Making a Plan to Focus on Your Elderly Loved One’s Safety

During the holiday season — or during any time of the year when family members gather to see a loved one in a nursing home or assisted-living facility — it is helpful to make a plan to focus on health and safety. Sporadic visits at other times of the year may be relatively quick, and those visits may involve only one person stopping by an elderly parent’s nursing home room or assisted-living facility residence. When multiple family members are together, especially adult children, they can work together to consider injury risks at the nursing home or other facility and to pay particular attention to warning signs of abuse or neglect.