Author: Hardison & Cochran

Every patient in the nursing home has the legal right to be treated with respect. Nursing home residents have certain statutory rights. These rights include: To be treated with consideration, respect and full recognition of personal dignity and individuality; To receive care, treatment, and services that are adequate and appropriate…

What is Reglan? Reglan is an oral medication which is used to treat certain conditions of the stomach and intestines. It can also be used to remedy heartburn over a short period of time. Reglan is used to treat heartburn when other medicines have failed to work. Reglan can also…

You do not have to sign an arbitration agreement. Generally, a nursing home is not permitted to refuse admission because of a patient or family member’s refusal to sign an arbitration agreement. Arbitration is a proceeding where you agree to give up your right to a jury trial and instead…

Malnutrition can occur because the patient is not eating, because the patient is not receiving the right diet, is not receiving proper dietary supplements, or is not being fed. A nursing home cannot force a nursing home patient to eat. With that being said, a nursing home has a responsibility…

Fentanyl pain patches, manufactured under the Duragesic ® Patch label or a generic fentanyl label, contain a Schedule II opioid medication for pain relief that is 80-100 times stronger than Morphine. Fentanyl was originally approved in 1990 to treat acute, postoperative and moderate-to-severe pain. Applied to the skin, the patch…

What is Fosamax? Fosamax is used for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. It can also be prescribed in the relief of Paget’s dieses of the bone. What is osteoperosis and Paget’s diesease? Osteoporosis is a disease of the bones. When the disease is present, the bone mineral density is…

It’s warming up outside. In North Carolina, it seems we’ve just skipped spring and went to summer. With that being said, when the heat goes up, so does the numbers of boats, jet skis and ultimately people who are around the waterways of North Carolina. So today on the blog,…

There was a time when one of our employees at our firm took a motorcycle riding class at Ray Price Harley Davidson located in Raleigh. When he came back, he mentioned to me that he didn’t know that a riding section was required when obtaining your motorcycle endorsement in North Carolina. I…

Q: Do I have to wait until my personal injury claim is settled to resolve my vehicle damage claim? A: No.  Your property damage claim can be handled through the liability adjuster without affecting your personal injury claim. Most property damage claims are handled soon after the accident, whereas your…

Below is an excerpt from the newly released book, North Carolina’s Guide to Nursing Home Negligence. In the following text, Ben Cochran discuss the reasoning behind the writing of the book: Every year, thousands of nursing home residents are seriously injured or die as a result of abuse and neglect in…