Long Term Care

Nursing Home Cases: Corporate Liability (Piercing Veil, Direct Liability)

Forsythe v. Clark USA, Inc., 2007 Ill. LEXIS 434 (Ill. 2007). Two mechanics were killed at a refinery. Later, their…

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Nursing Home Cases: Compliance with Medicare & Medicaid Regulations

Lakeridge Villa Health Care Ctr. v. Leavitt, 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 27338 (6th Cir. 2006). Lakeridge is an Ohio nursing…

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Nursing Home Cases: Arbitration

Marmet Health Care Center v. Brown, 132 S. Ct. 1201 (2012). Marmet began as three seperate cases in West Virginia.…

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Nursing Home Litigation: Cases

Another Court Rules that NHRA is a toothless tiger (E.D. Mo.) Elgin James filed suit alleging that he developed bedsores…

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Filial responsibility – Can I be responsible for my parent’s medical debt?

A filial responsibility law is one making relatives financially responsible for the care of another. Virtually every state requires parents…

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News from the National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study–June 2021

The following Stats and reports were released on June 1, 2021, by the National Center for Health Statistics: In recognition…

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Nursing Assessment: Head-to-Toe (Video)

The head-to-toe assessment in nursing is an important physical health assessment that nurses perform. In a nursing home, 42 CFR…

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Long-term Care Facility Resident Abuse Reporting Act (Georgia)

O.C.G.A. § 31-8-80. Short title This article shall be known as the "Long-term Care Facility Resident Abuse Reporting Act." O.C.G.A.…

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NAELA Comments on the Home and Community-Based Services Access Act

On April 26, 2021, in a letter to Senators Brown, Casey, Hassan, and Representative Dingell, the National Academy of Elder…

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Medicare & You: Nursing Home / Long-Term Care

Many people believe Medicare will pay for their long-term care costs. That's not true. Medicare will pay for UP TO…

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