Lauren Ellerman

According to federal statistics, in the last ten years, the average wait time in an ER has gone from 38 minutes, to over an hour.Why? It seems like a simple supply and demand issue. More people rely on emergency health care for their primary health care, and there are fewer…

Many weeks ago we blogged about a wonderful alternative to nursing homes – a place where dignity is respected in small group living environments. Here is a great plug

Under Virginia law, you can revoke an arbitration agreement signed with a medical provider, while receiving care, up until, 60 days after care ended. Specifically this applies to nursing homes – so as a matter of course, when leaving a nursing home, we would recommend you send a letter to…

Today’s Wall Street Journal featured an article on the “home health” care industry. Without regulation, families have sadly learned the hard way, how difficult it is to find quality, and qualified help. Criminal records, physical abuse, financial fraud – the unimaginable has occurred to our nation’s seniors.While we support the…

A local physician told me in a deposition once, that he hates having to prescribe coumadin. When I asked why, he explained it was such a difficult drug to manage and required so much attention. Well, I know what he means. Coumadin, a blood thinner, is generally given post op…