Often, according to Long-Term Care Ombudsman Eileen Barlow, “the when the need arises to place a loved one in a nursing home, the decision must be made on the spur of the moment. Someone falls, an individual can no longer care for himself or has progressed in an illness or condition so that placement is […]
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Further disturbing news revealed inspections showed the company had not only several tests that showed salmonella contamination but also cockroaches, a leaky roof and filthy equipment, the FDA has said. Viewers to this HensonFuerst Nursing Home blog were alerted in January to the salmonella outbreak involving peanut butter & peanut paste shipped to nursing homes from
The Department of Health and Human Services now says you can’t have copies of inspection reports that might explain how your loved one in nursing home care came to have a broken bone, or bruises. The request for reports on such incidents “divert employees from their federal survey, certification and enforcement responsibilities,” said Michael Leavitt,
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Congressman Henry “Hank” Johnson is set to introduce the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 this week. Please call your Member of Congress TODAY and ask them to be an original cosponsor of the bill. The Arbitration Fairness Act would prohibit the enforcement of binding mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer, employment, and franchisee contracts. Click to
The Ohio Department of Health says it has identified three cases of salmonella in Portage County that are linked to the national outbreak linked to peanut butter products. In another case, involving the death of a nursing home patient in Minnesota, a large tub at the facility has been found to be contaminated with the
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Many news outlets are reporting that peanut butter and peanut paste contaminated with a specific strain of bacteria called salmonella typhimurium may have wound up at nursing homes. According to today’s USA TODAY, the Peanut Corp. of America (PCA) made these products in its Blakely, Ga., plant and sold them to institutions such as schools,
An article in the January 19 edition of North Carolina Lawyers Weekly detailed the efforts of HensonFuerst Complex Litigation Division attorney, Carmaletta Henson, on behalf of her severely brain injured client. Carma’s aggressive representation resulted in a settlement by the defense on August 18, 2008, in the amount of $1.6 million. Click to read the
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Thomas W. Henson, Jr., who leads HensonFuerst’s Complex Litigation Division and is the firm’s Chief Executive Officer, was selected this week for inclusion in the 2009 North Carolina Super Lawyers list of premier attorneys. Super Lawyers magazine names attorneys in each state who received the highest point totals, as chosen by their peers and through
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The following North Carolina facilities have been found in violation of one or more rules. The facility and violation(s) are listed. Click HERE to read and review the list of facilities and their violations, as compiled by the NC Division of Health Service Regulation.
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The federal government now has a revamped and simplified approach to its evaluations of nursing homes, in order to make the task of choosing the right one easier for families. Like the system the government uses for rating Medicare health and drug plans, the Nursing Home Compare site now gives nursing homes from 1 to 5
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