Dr. Kathryn L. Locatell is a geriatrician who has extensive experience with nursing homes, personally and professionally. Her first job as a teenager was in the kitchen of a nursing home, and her father died as the result of neglect in a nursing home. Dr. Locatell was asked to testify before Congress about the state […]
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The Health Care Reform Act provides some much needed relief for victims of nursing home neglect and abuse. In recent years, many nursing home chain operators have avoided responsibility for injuries and death caused by their neglect. They have done so by setting up multiple dummy corporations and other legal entities to siphon cash away
Finally…Nursing Home Financials to be Revealed Read More »
A measure to confront the failing quality of care in nursing homes created by the lack of transparency in the ownership and management structure of these facilities recently passed the California Assembly on an overwhelming 77-0 vote. It would require each licensee of a skilled nursing facility to disclose with each abbreviated contract of admission
The HensonFuerst Nursing Home Abuse Team Applauds California Legislators Read More »
The NC House passed a bill this week that could affect whether someone hurt in an accident can recover damages. The bill would eliminate a doctrine that says a person who contributes, however slightly, to his or her injury cannot collect a dime from others whose negligence caused the injury. North Carolina is one of
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The bipartisan Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2009 will prevent nursing homes from deliberately hiding clauses within the fine print of contracts that force seniors to surrender their right to trial by jury and enter an unfair and one-sided mandatory binding arbitration process. The Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2009 will
Your Support is Needed; No Forced Arbitration for Nursing Home Patients! Read More »
In light of the a new FDA rule that says that some Class III medical devices approved during the 1970’s must now prove their safety, here at HensonFuerst we believe that these and many other outdated yet approved devices are receiving not only an unjust loophole, but also an unsafe one under the Riegel v.
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After four years, Delegate Dave Perry’s bill to make crime of abusing or neglecting an incapacitated adult a more serious offense in West Virginia has finally passed. There were seven or eight revisions, and even an effort made by fellow delegate John Overington. Eventually a final version was sent to Governor Joe Manchin stating that any caregiver who
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The Long Term Care Community Coalition of New York is reporting selected actions taken by the New York State Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the latter months of 2008. The unit prosecutes cases of resident abuse in nursing homes. The five cases reported range from falsification of safety check records by nursing home
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HB 493, according to The Pensacola News Journal, literally makes it easier for nursing home corporations to get away with poor care, abuse and even the death of a nursing home resident. The bill was introduced by Florida Rep. Dave Murzin, who, according to The NewsJournal, has been the most frequent author of bills to
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A bill making its way through the Maryland House of Delegates would require nursing homes to give people the choice of installing cameras that the patients or their families would pay for themselves. The partners of HensonFuerst’s Nursing Home Litigation Division endorse this bill-of-choice and encourage viewers to this blog to voice their support by
Cameras Prohibited in Many Nursing Homes… What’s Being Hidden? Read More »