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Where Can I Find Nursing Home Ratings?
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If you are a member of the so-called “sandwich generation” – those people who are simultaneously caring for children as well as their elderly parents – you may be familiar with U.S. News & World Report’s college rankings. But did you know that U.S. News & World Report also has… Continue reading
What Are the Signs of Nursing Home Neglect?
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A caregiver may face the overwhelming decision to place a loved one in a nursing home after a sudden event such as a fall or a stroke. Sometimes, there is more time to prepare, as in cases where the loved one suffers from a chronic or debilitating disease, including diseases… Continue reading
Is My Elderly Parent Being Bullied?
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When a loved one moves into a nursing home, staff members have a duty to continually provide the resident with the appropriate level of nursing care, medical care and personal attention. Nursing home staff members are responsible for the residents’ well-being and are required to report all signs of abuse… Continue reading
New Jersey’s Safe Care Cam Program Expanded to Nursing Homes
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To increase protection of its elderly and disabled citizens from abuse and neglect, the state of New Jersey is expanding its Safe Care Cam program to nursing homes, residences for the developmentally disabled, and other institutional care facilities. The Safe Care Cam program loans free surveillance cameras to New Jersey… Continue reading
New Congress Trying to Protect Corporations from Nursing Home Abuse Claims
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Without a hearing, our new congress wasted no time in trying to severely limit damages in nursing home abuse claims. A newly proposed law called the Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, seeks to limit non-economic damages in all medical cases to $250K for everyone in the… Continue reading
New Jersey’s Safe Care Cam Program Expanded to Nursing Homes
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To increase protection of its elderly and disabled citizens from abuse and neglect, the state of New Jersey is expanding its Safe Care Cam program to nursing homes, residences for the developmentally disabled, and other institutional care facilities. The Safe Care Cam program loans free surveillance cameras to New Jersey… Continue reading
New Congress Trying to Protect Corporations from Nursing Home Abuse Claims
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Without a hearing, our new congress wasted no time in trying to severely limit damages in nursing home abuse claims. A newly proposed law called the Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, seeks to limit non-economic damages in all medical cases to $250K for everyone in the… Continue reading
Pennsylvania Nursing Homes Often Understaffed
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In its five-part “Failing the Frail” series, a PennLive investigation reveals the 18 most understaffed Pennsylvania nursing homes. The series includes an interactive map to search for staffing levels of individual nursing homes. Based on PennLive’s analysis of 559 facilities, nursing homes in Pennsylvania provided residents with an average of… Continue reading
Big Business after Consumers Once Again
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In 2011, the insurance, pharmaceutical, and nursing home industries worked together with an extraordinary budget to try to deceive American consumers into giving up their constitutional rights through a bill known then as HR-5. This bill would have severely harmed the rights of consumers across the country who were catastrophically… Continue reading
Patient Dumping and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)
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During much of the 20th century, hospitals did not have a duty to treat patients who entered emergency departments. Without any given reason, they could refuse to treat certain patients. The practice of “patient dumping” arose from that lack of duty. Patient dumping refers to situations when hospitals deny emergency… Continue reading
