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Choosing the right facility for a loved one can be a daunting task. Choosing between a nursing home, rehab center, memory care or assisted living facility is a tall order. Oftentimes, the distinction between these levels of care blur. In order to understand your placement options, it is important to understand the different levels of...

CNN recently released an in-depth investigation entitled “Sick, Dying and Raped in America’s Nursing Homes” to highlight sexual abuse in long term care facilities. As an elder abuse attorney, I was forwarded the article by many friends and asked, ‘does this really happen?!’ Sadly, the answer is yes. Sexual abuse and rape in nursing homes...

State Survey Results and Violations for Heartland of Boynton Beach We are Boynton Beach nursing home abuse attorneys, here to help victims of elder abuse and neglect inside facilities. A recent unannounced 4/7/2016 state inspection and survey of Heartland Health Care of Boynton Beach, located at 3600 Old Boynton Road, Boynton Beach, Florida, revealed numerous...

With AHCA’s suggested changes to Medicaid, Florida’s bad nursing homes win and Florida’s good nursing homes lose. Many Florida nursing home residents fund their nursing home residency, in full or in part, with Medicaid. Although Medicaid is a federal program, it is distributed and administered through the states. In Florida, AHCA (Agency for Healthcare Administration)...

CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) recently released its updated federal regulations governing long term care facilities, including nursing homes. Below is a summary of the updated federal nursing home regulations of interest to nursing home residents and their families. While CMS is doing its best to combat nursing home abuse with updated federal...

AVANTE AT BOCA COMPLAINTS AND VIOLATIONS The State of Florida Agency for Health Care Administration performed an unannounced 8/25/16 inspection of the Avante of Boca Raton nursing home facility. The state inspectors found numerous violations against the nursing home including: Failing to maintain a resident’s personal privacy by allowing a resident’s gown to be open...

Mrs. Dea was admitted to an Assisted Living Facility known as Emeritus of Fort Myers (now known as Brookdale of Fort Myers). Upon admission, her power of attorney (her son) signed the admitting paperwork as her “responsible party.” Inside the ALF admitting paperwork was an arbitration agreement, detailing that any disputes involving a Florida assisted living...

A nursing home abuse lawsuit was recently filed against Timber Ridge Health Care Center on behalf of a deceased former patient named Eleanor Corrado, a Florida resident. The Estate of Eleanor Corrado alleges in its claim that staff at the nursing home dropped the patient during a routine transfer from her wheelchair to the bed...

During an unannounced 5/19/2016 visit by State of Florida AHCA inspectors, the Heartland of Boca nursing home facility was found to have deficiencies. The facility was cited for violating 42 CFR Part 483 governing the requirements for long term care facilities. Heartland of Boca Raton is on the state of Florida’s nursing home watch list...

Senior Justice attorney Michael Brevda was recently appointed by the Mayor and City Commission of Boynton Beach to the city’s Senior Advisory Board. Michael’s term on the Senior Advisory Board will start immediately and go through the calendar year of 2017. Mr. Brevda’s duties on the Board will be to establish relationships with Boynton’s senior...