Posts tagged nursing home

• Arbitration - Can you Argue Against it?

  Jon Lewis | June 28, 2011 6:27 PM | 2 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Yes, but you can beat your head against a wall too. Yesterday, I had a conversation with a defense attorney on one of our cases. We filed a lawsuit against a nursing home for dropping my client's...

• How Do Nursing Homes Handle Deceased Residents?

  Dottie Perry | April 18, 2011 11:38 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  How should facilities handle remains of residents after they've passed away? If your family member or loved one resides in a nursing home or assisted living facility, do you know the facility's...

• The Danger Of Fire Ants In Nursing Homes, Hospitals And Day Cares

  Billy Cunningham | January 18, 2011 4:39 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  The red fire ant is now spread throughout the southern United States. Infestations have been reported in California and New Mexico. It is believed they originally came to the United States in the...

• Sizeable Nursing Home Verdict Indictment of Low Standards

  Dottie Perry | August 31, 2010 3:52 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A recent California jury verdict in a quasi-class action suit against the owner of 22 nursing homes in that state awarded 32,000 plaintiffs a total of $677 million in damages. Skilled Healthcare...

• Kickback Schemes or Legitimate Marketing?

  Billy Cunningham | February 06, 2010 12:42 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  The Washington Post a few weeks ago reported that Johnson & Johnson paid tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks to boost sales of its drugs in nursing homes, including an antipsychotic that...

• Nursing Home Incident Reports Should Be Provided

  Billy Cunningham | January 11, 2010 9:14 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Often in a nursing home case, determining how the incident- a fall, choking, burns- really happened is difficult because the nursing home patient often is unable to describe the event. We have...

• Nursing Home Residents Can Enjoy the Holidays with Family

  Billy Cunningham | December 11, 2009 6:24 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  The Center for Medicare Advocacy reports that residents in nursing homes- long term skilled nursing facilities can leave the nursing home during this holiday season without losing their Medicare...

• New Website to Help Families Learn About Nursing Homes

  Billy Cunningham | November 14, 2009 8:40 AM | 2 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  The National Citizens for Nursing Home Reform (http://www.nccnhr.org/ ), a consumer advocacy group for nursing home residents and caregivers in nursing, homes, announced that the Brown University...

• Caps on Damages Make No Sense

  Billy Cunningham | November 07, 2009 11:14 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The Republican proposal on health care reform has provisions to limit compensation for non-economic injuries to persons injured or killed as the result of medical malpractice including residents of...

• Contact You Congressman to Pass the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act

  Billy Cunningham | October 31, 2009 10:53 AM | 2 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Last January I wrote a blog on the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act (then Senate Bill . 2838 and now Senate Bill 512) The last report from Congress is that the bill was referred to...