Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Nursing Homes, bringing you the very worst care

  Lauren Ellerman | May 16, 2008 12:04 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Not surprising, but when feds report 20% of Nursing homes (a conservative estimate) provide sub-standard care, something needs to be done.... "A total of 20% of nursing homes deliver care that is...

• FOR PROFIT v. NON PROFIT

  Lauren Ellerman | May 14, 2008 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Did you know that most nursing homes are owned by stockholders? Does that matter when you are choosing a long term care facility for your family member? It should. Although there may not be a great...

• Nursing Home Equipment Can Be Dangerous

  Dan Frith | May 01, 2008 6:38 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Over the years, nursing homes have been called upon to provide increasingly complex medical care to residents. Much of that complex care requires the use of sophisticated medical devices such as...

• Calfornia Nursing Homes Kill Residents

  Dan Frith | April 29, 2008 9:17 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  That is correct...it is not a misstatement. I did not mean to say that two residents died as a result of neglect or abuse. The nursing homes at issue are located near Sacramento, California. The...

• Illinois Court Finds Against Arbitration in Nursing Home Contract

  Dan Frith | April 28, 2008 9:13 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  As our readers have heard me say before, arbitration agreements in nursing home admission contracts are unfair and unreasonable. These agreements, often hidden in the small print, prevent the...

• More Information Available on Nursing Homes

  Dan Frith | April 27, 2008 6:03 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Knowledge is power and sometimes it is the difference between being cared for or being neglected and abused. What am I talking about? Nursing homes of course and which ones are good and which ones...

• Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements: A Bad Deal for the Resident

  Dan Frith | April 26, 2008 6:30 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Lauren Ellerman and I spend a great deal of our professional time representing residents and their family members in cases of nursing home abuse and neglect. In today's world you no longer see the...

• Want a Quick Way to Help a Medicaid Resident in a Nursing Home?

  Dan Frith | April 23, 2008 9:12 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Do you have a relative or friend in a nursing home and on Medicaid? If so, a few minutes of your time could do him or her a world of good. I'm talking about the federal tax refund (also called the...

• ELDER ABUSE - Picture worth a thousand words

  Lauren Ellerman | April 22, 2008 12:36 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  A Picture is worth a thousand words. Please watch this report. It may focus on California, but sadly, the problems are in every state, including Virginia: '>YOU TUBE VIDEO ON ELDER ABUSE

• New Bill To Remove Mandatory Arbitration From Nursing Home Contracts

  Dan Frith | April 14, 2008 9:14 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Nursing homes are increasingly forcing patients and their families to sign arbitration agreements prior to admission. Binding arbitration means you don't get your day in court. It means that no...