Category: Nursing Home Facility

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Department of Justice has announced that it has intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit against one of the nation’s largest nursing home chains, HCR ManorCare. The Department of Justice alleges that HCR ManorCare, a nursing home chain based in Ohio, overbilled Medicare patients. The whistleblower lawsuit was originally […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services has strengthened their nursing home ratings system, the center announced on February 20. The goal is to give families more information to use in determining the best care for their loved ones. San Francisco elder abuse lawyers say this is a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER North American Health Care, which is based out of California and operates 35 nursing homes throughout the Western United States, has filed for bankruptcy protection. More than 15 elder abuse lawsuits have been filed against the chain since 2013. Sonoma County elder abuse lawyers and other plaintiffs’ attorneys […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER There is great concern about increased antipsychotic use on the elderly in nursing homes. Elders who are prescribed these drugs are placed at an increased risk of heart failure, autoimmune diseases, and even death. However, between 10 to 30 percent of long-stay residents in U.S. nursing homes are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER There is great concern about increased antipsychotic use on the elderly, in nursing homes. These powerful drugs were originally developed to treat major psychoses such as schizophrenia and severe bipolar disorder, and are now FDA approved for the treatment of mild anxiety and insomnia. Elders who are prescribed […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The answer to “who owns the nursing homes in California” is “who knows?”  Home to the largest amount of nursing homes as well as for-profit nursing homes, the fact that it is nearly impossible to tell who owns what is a problem.  California does gather ownership information, but […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER When it comes to putting your loved one in a nursing home, you want the best. Unfortunately, many nursing home chains in California are nowhere near “the best.” The Sacramento Bee investigated the performance of nursing home chains in California by looking at 46 staffing, inspection, quality-of-care, and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER If you or a loved one is currently residing in an assisted living facility, you may be wondering if you’ll inevitably end up in a skilled nursing facility. After all, the older you are the more likely you’ll need to live in a nursing home, right? Wrong. Not […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER In 2010, a whistleblower came forth with information showing Extendicare Health Services Inc., a nursing home chain, was defrauding Medicare and Medicaid by charging patients for below-average care. Now, the nursing home chain will be paying $38 million to settle the failure-of-care claims – the largest amount ever […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Senior citizens in nursing home can leave a California nursing home or skilled nursing facility of their own volition. Or they can be illegally evicted, something California nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities do far too often.  Senior citizens and elderly residents may be evicted in one of […]