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This academic paper on arbitration agreements in nursing home admission contracts was written by Attorney David Brevda of Senior Justice Law Firm in July of 2018. This post was updated April 13, 2021. If you have a legal issue arising out of a nursing home or assisted living facility arbitration agreement, contact our elder abuse...

Arden Courts of Delray Beach has been sued in lawsuits and cited by AHCA health inspectors. Our Delray Beach nursing home negligence lawyers analyze prior facility incidents in order to protect your loved one. If you have questions about filing a lawsuit against Arden Courts, call our elder abuse law firm today for your free...

Consulate Healthcare is a corporation that focuses on senior healthcare services based out of Maitland, Florida.  Consulate is the largest nursing home and assisted living facility provider in the state of Florida and the sixth largest in the country.  In the past, there have been many Consulate lawsuits across the state for wrongful death, bedsores,...

Learn More About the Heartland of North Sarasota Nursing Home and Rehab Heartland of North Sarasota, also known as Heartland Health Care Center – North Sarasota, is located at 3250 12th Street in Sarasota, Florida. The licensee of the facility is Kensington Manor Sarasota FL, LLC, but the company is owned, operated and controlled by...

Nursing Home staffing data is an integral metric used in determining a facility’s quality of care.  Up until recently, the Form 671 was used to compute nursing home staffing data for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS).  This computation was a direct influence on how CMS’s Nursing Home Compare site would calculate their Five...

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Mission Hills Health Care George Thomason was a resident at Mission Hills Health Care nursing home, located at 4033 6th Ave in San Diego. He was admitted to the 96 bed, for-profit facility after a fall for monitoring his ongoing health conditions. According to Mr. Thomason’s surviving spouse, Carmen Thomason,...

In October of 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new Long Term Care Minimum Data Set (MDS).  MDS 3.0 is the current standardized document that must be completed for residents in long-term care facilities that are certified to participate in Medicare or Medicaid and contains the important RUG score.  The...

Nursing home neglect and abuse is on the rise nationwide.  Medicare, a primary payor of long-term care, rates nursing homes on a scale of 1 star to 5 stars so that potential residents and their loved ones can make an educated choice on which facility is best for them.  Recently, by way of the Centers...

Nursing home neglect and nursing home abuse often occur together, but represent two distinct causes of action against elder residents at nursing homes.  The Pennsylvania Legislature passed the Older Adults Protective Services Act (OAPSA), (amended in 1997) to require specific reporting procedures on suspected abuse. The law requires that: “Any employee or administrator of a...

On Friday, August 3rd, 2018, Senior Justice Law Firm filed a lawsuit against Boca Raton Rehabilitation Center alleging nursing home neglect.  The lawsuit against Boca Raton Rehabilitation Center alleges that the facility failed to adequately care for the deceased, Michael DiStefano. Information on Boca Raton Rehabilitation Center James DiStefano, the son of the deceased, filed...