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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
Posted in Nursing Home
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
Posted in Nursing Home
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
Mandatory Nursing Home Responsibilities
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Many of our clients describe poor nursing home conditions that a loved one was forced to endure until they could be moved or before they died. All too often, a nursing home will promise to fix problems complained about and don’t. Most people are not aware that there are laws that dictate mandatory nursing home responsibilities. Nursing homes that do not meet their obligations can be punished. Continue reading
Fort-Lee Nursing Home Faces Allegations of Kickbacks, Theft and Sexually Improper Behavior
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CareOne LLC, the Fort Lee-based nursing and assisted living home, is involved in a bitter legal dispute between the company and a former senior executive over allegations of kickbacks, theft and sexually improper behavior. The dispute, which began roughly two years ago, involves at six suits filed in four different New Jersey courts. Continue reading
National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
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The National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform is a prominent national organization effectively utilizing consumer voices to fight for quality long term care Continue reading
