Dan Frith

For years, assisted living facilities in America “flew below the radar screen” of most state and federal regulators. Additionally, there were no resident advocacy groups established to look out for those people living in assisted living facilities. That is about to change!Fifteen elder care, elder law, and senior advocacy groups…

We have previously written about the use of hidden cameras, often called “Granny Cams” to document whether appropriate care is being provided to our loved ones who live in nursing homes. It now appears police are using this strategy to prove criminal conduct.The owners of a Cortland Nursing Home have…

Nursing home operators and their use of government dollars will come under closer scrutiny, according to details in the new Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) 2008 work plan. The OIG will review nursing facility cost reports and evaluate the government’s oversight of Medicare expenditures contained in the reports.My bet is…

This sad story comes to us from the Chicago Sun Times. A Lake County-owned nursing home failed to protect an 82-year-old woman resident, allowing repeated, unsupervised visits by a man who later admitted sexually molesting her, a lawsuit filed by her family contends.Duane Stapher, 64, was sentenced to probation last…

Imagine this…you are 35 years old, a single mother, and your doctor informs you that you have lobular cancer! You are scared and worried! Are you going to die? You decide to undergo a double mastectomy to remove the cancer. The next thing you hear is that it was all…