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WHO IS TAKING CARE OF YOUR LOVED ONE? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

WHO IS TAKING CARE OF YOUR LOVED ONE?

Who is taking care of your loved one in a Virginia Nursing Home? Well – other than the 20 minutes a month a physician will see them for Medicare/ Medicaid certifications, and the few minutes a day an RN will review their chart, they are being primarily cared for by CNAS – Certified Nursing Assistants.…

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VIRGINIA…ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES….AND MEDICIAD 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

VIRGINIA…ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES….AND MEDICIAD

The Roanoke Times published an article today (from the Washington Post) titled, “107 Year Old Man Outlives His Savings-Again.” The article is about Larry Haubner, a healthy 107 year old living in the Greenfield Assisted Living facility near Washington, DC. Larry’s problem is that he has no family and no assets to pay the bills…

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DOCTORS AND NON-COMPETES: ANOTHER REPORT 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

DOCTORS AND NON-COMPETES: ANOTHER REPORT

I just read an interesting article about a doctor in Montana who may be prevented from moving her medical practice from one hospital to a local Veterans Administration Hospital. It appears Dr. Elain Samuel had previously entered into a “recruitment contract” with St. Peter’s Hospital which prevented her from “competing” with St. Peter’s by moving…

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ROANOKE, VIRGINIA NURSING HOMES DON’T MAKE THE GRADE 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

ROANOKE, VIRGINIA NURSING HOMES DON’T MAKE THE GRADE

Of 15,000-plus nursing homes ranked by U.S. News in July’s update of “America’s Best Nursing Homes,” only 3 from the state of Virginia made the list. None of the three which made the list are located in Roanoke. All three achieved a perfect five-star rating in each of the federal government’s three yardsticks: health inspections,…

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MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS IN NURSING HOMES 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS IN NURSING HOMES

We have seen many occasions where a nursing home resident, minding their own business and bothering no one, is physicall attacked and seriously injured or killed by another resident. In every one of those situations, we discover that the attacker has a long history of aggressive and threatening conduct…and often a history of psychaitric or…

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NURSING HOME RESIDENT DIES FROM DEHYDRATION 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

NURSING HOME RESIDENT DIES FROM DEHYDRATION

Families work through the difficult decision to place a loved one in a nursing home…a decision not undertaken lightly and not without some reservations. But, there comes a point in time when family members can no longer provide the type of skilled around-the-clock care which is sometimes needed. These facts are what make this report…

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USE OF RESTRAINTS IN NURSING HOMES HAS DECREASED 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

USE OF RESTRAINTS IN NURSING HOMES HAS DECREASED

This is great news! The percentage of nursing home residents with restraints fell from 10.7% 1999 to 6% in 2006. The report comes from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s 2008 National Healthcare Quality Report. The report, released last week, provides both a state-by-state and nationwide analysis of quality-of-care performance in nursing homes, hospitals…

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NON COMPETE SCAPEGOATS 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NON COMPETE SCAPEGOATS

You know what a scape goat is? Sadly, most of our non-compete litigation cases arise when an employer wants to make an example, and someone becomes the non-compete scapegoat. Employers aggresively pursue breach of contract action against the employee, seeking emergency injunction. Will they win? Maybe, probably not. But that is not really the point…

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SEXUAL ASSAULT IN VIRGINIA NURSING HOME 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

SEXUAL ASSAULT IN VIRGINIA NURSING HOME

Friends, this happens frequently. Assisted Living and Nursing Home residents (mostly female but not exclusively) are victims of sexual assault. I know of cases where staff, other residents, visitors etc. take advantage of these elderly persons. In last week’s Virginia Lawyer’s weekly, our friend in Virginia beach Carlton Bennett obtained a great verdict for someone…

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NEW PROGRAM FOR HCA HOSPITALS 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

NEW PROGRAM FOR HCA HOSPITALS

HCA, the nation’s largest for-profit hospital chain, is rolling out a system-wide emergency-room screening program aimed at reducing the number of patients with non-emergent or non-urgent medical conditions seen at HCA facilities. Under the program, a physician or specially trained nurse during an initial medical screening classifies an ER patient as “immediate or emergent,” “urgent,”…

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FRITH LAW FIRM SETTLES LAWSUIT AGAINST VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

FRITH LAW FIRM SETTLES LAWSUIT AGAINST VETERANS ADMINISTRATION

We can all agree that the men and women of our armed forces deserve the very best in medical care upon returning home, can’t we? Everyone from our Vietnam vets, to those who are serving in Operation Iraqi freedom deserve care that is of the best quality. Sadly, if you read the news you know…

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DOCTORS FAIL TO COMMUNICATE TEST RESULTS 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

DOCTORS FAIL TO COMMUNICATE TEST RESULTS

I have several friends who experienced medical problems and went to their doctor who recommended certain specific tests to determine just what was causing their symptoms. The test results were both “positive” and “negative” which meant both good and bad news for my friends. The problem is that neither the doctor nor his/her office promptly…

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