Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2009

  Robin Bara | April 09, 2009 11:23 AM | 10 CommentsLouisville, KY

  In March 2009, The Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2009 (HR 1237) was introduced to the House. The act prohibits nursing homes from inconspicuously placing mandatory arbitration clauses...

• Did You Know Taxpayers Paid Bonuses to Bad Nursing Homes?

  Dan Frith | April 07, 2009 4:33 PM | 2 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  I didn't...until now. Tom Coburn is a medical doctor and a U.S. Senator from Oklahoma. On April 2 Senator Coburn released the following statement: The public had every right to be outraged when...

• Disabled Adult To Supreme Court with Charitable Immnunity Challenge

  Ben Glass | April 04, 2009 7:59 PM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  A disabled adult from Prince William County, Virginia will take the dismissal of his lawsuit against Didlake, Inc. the Virginia Supreme Court. Juan Jimenez, who is severely disabled from seizures...

• Nursing Home Bonus Bill

  Billy Cunningham | April 04, 2009 10:09 AM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  According to an article in the Des Moines Register by Clark Kauffman, Congress is considering legislation that would eliminate taxpayer-funded bonuses to nursing homes. The amendment to a...

• New Technology Makes Nursing Home Beds Safer

  Dan Frith | March 31, 2009 3:47 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  As readers of this blog know, I usually write about all that is wrong with the long term care industry. The topics include under-staffing, placing profits over people, medication errors, and on and...

• $11 Million Verdict in Assisted Living Case

  Beth Janicek | March 31, 2009 10:11 AM | 2 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  An Arizona jury awarded $11 million, the largest verdict ever awarded against an assisted living facility in the United States, to the widow of a 36-year-old man with a traumatic brain injury who...

• Feeding Assistants in Nursing Homes: Do They Know What They Are Doing?

  Dan Frith | March 28, 2009 6:29 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services agreed five years ago to allow the use of paid feeding assistants––provided they achieve a certain level of training and have the...

• Provisions of the Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act

  Billy Cunningham | March 27, 2009 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Last week I wrote a blog on the proposed Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act introduced in the Senate. This week, let’s explore some of the provisions of that bill . It will enable...

• We Need Better Doctors Taking Care of Nursing Home Residents

  Dan Frith | March 27, 2009 6:47 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Let's face it...elderly patients in nursing homes have complex medical problems...it they didn't they would not be in need of nursing home care. Frequently, elderly residents of nursing homes have...

• Mentally Ill Patients Pose Danger to Elderly Nursing Home Residents

  Kristina Labanauskas | March 24, 2009 5:40 PM | 3 CommentsCook County, IL

  There has been a significant increase in the number of mentally ill patients residing in nursing homes. And, mixing frail elderly with younger and stronger mentally ill patients in nursing homes has...