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GOOD NEWS! WV NURSING HOME RESIDENT WHO ELOPED IS FOUND ALIVE! 150 150 Dan Frith

GOOD NEWS! WV NURSING HOME RESIDENT WHO ELOPED IS FOUND ALIVE!

Just yesterday we reported the elopement of a nursing home resident in West Virginia. Clifford Messer, 80, who was missing since Sunday, was found Monday no more than 1,500 yards away from the Morris Memorial Nursing Home nursing home where he lived. Messer, missing for about 30 hours, was found in a dehydrated state and…

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THE ALLIANCE FOR QUALITY NURSING HOME CARE: A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING! 150 150 Dan Frith

THE ALLIANCE FOR QUALITY NURSING HOME CARE: A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING!

Who wouldn’t support a resident advocacy and watchdog group called “The Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care.” Sounds like another grass roots group out to protect the rights of the elderly and assure good care and treatment in America’s nursing homes. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. So who is behind this champion…

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TELEVISION AND RADIO TALENT 150 150 Dan Frith

TELEVISION AND RADIO TALENT

What about your local news anchor? Can she be held to a non-compete which will prevent her from walking down the street to a competitor and start working as a news anchor? Maybe and maybe not! In Virginia, the same general principles apply to determining the validity of a non-compete in this type of situation.…

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WV MAN MISSING FROM NURSING HOME 150 150 Dan Frith

WV MAN MISSING FROM NURSING HOME

Police are searching for a man from Milton, West Virginia who went missing from the Morris Memorial Nursing Home, a 185 bed facility. Clifford Messer, 80, walked off from the nursing home in Milton about 11 p.m. Sunday, August 5. Read the story here. Why do these tragedies continue to occur? Today, why aren’t nursing…

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WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR NON-COMPETE CONTRACT WHEN YOUR EMPLOYER IS PURCHASED BY ANOTHER COMPANY? 150 150 Dan Frith

WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR NON-COMPETE CONTRACT WHEN YOUR EMPLOYER IS PURCHASED BY ANOTHER COMPANY?

The scenario is not uncommon. An individual is hired by a company and enters into a non-compete agreement with the company. Things move along smoothly for a couple of years and then the employer/company sells out to another larger company. The new company tells all of the employees from the old company that they cannot…

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CASE REPORT: FAIRFAX VIRGINIA COURT RULES CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT APPLIES TO CLAIMS AGAINST NURSING HOMES 150 150 Dan Frith

CASE REPORT: FAIRFAX VIRGINIA COURT RULES CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT APPLIES TO CLAIMS AGAINST NURSING HOMES

Just about every state in the country has a law designed to protect consumers where they have been harmed or injured as a result of the misrepresentation of products or services. Virginia has such a statute and it can be found at Virginia Code Annotated § 59.1-196. et seq. In the past, the nursing home…

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YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME

This one takes the cake. Today I read a case summary of a Minnesota case where a nurses aid yelled the following at a resident (please note, it is profane): “I forgot to put my [f___ing] gloves on and it’s your fault, now you’re going to [s___t] all over my hands you dumb [f___er]. She…

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“COST” OF LITIGATION 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

“COST” OF LITIGATION

Probably once a week, a family will tell our firm, the “cost” of litigation is too great. What do I mean? Although a family may have what we would call a meritorious case, they do not have the money to pay for experts, court reporters, copies etc. And I understand. I don’t have $25,000 sitting…

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MEDICATION ERROR CAUSES NURSING HOME RESIDENT’S DEATH 150 150 Dan Frith

MEDICATION ERROR CAUSES NURSING HOME RESIDENT’S DEATH

We wrote a short blog just several days ago about medication errors and the problems they create for patients and here is living (or maybe dieing) proof! The death of an Illinois woman who was given the wrong medication in a nursing home in February was ruled accidental Thursday by a Tazewell County coroner’s jury,…

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WV NURSING HOME SUED FOR RESIDENTS DEATH 150 150 Dan Frith

WV NURSING HOME SUED FOR RESIDENTS DEATH

A Kanawha County, West Virginia man has filed a professional malpractice suit against the nursing home where his mother was a resident when she died. Billy Skiles filed the suit July 18 in Kanawha Circuit Court, on behalf of the estate of his mother, Barbara Skiles. Genesis Healthcare Corporation, HR of Charleston Inc., and Oakridge…

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MEDICATION ERRORS: WRITE IT DOWN AND BE CLEAR 150 150 Dan Frith

MEDICATION ERRORS: WRITE IT DOWN AND BE CLEAR

Confusion over the similarity of drug names accounts for approximately 25% of all reports to the USP Medication Errors Reporting Program, according to the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCCMERP). The mission of the NCCMERP is to maximize the safe use of medications and to increase awareness of medication errors through…

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LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE: IT’S NOT ALWAYS THERE FOR YOU! 150 150 Dan Frith

LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE: IT’S NOT ALWAYS THERE FOR YOU!

I am starting to see long term care insurance being pushed everywhere. The insurance carriers play on everyone’s fear that one day we will be alone and without the ability to care for ourselves and how are we going to pay the ever rising costs for assisted living and nursing home care? With the increasing…

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