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Criminal charges in Virginia nursing home abuse / neglect cases 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Criminal charges in Virginia nursing home abuse / neglect cases

I just read a local news story from Abingdon Virginia where police are investigating the death of an elderly patient of Grace Health Care of Abingdon, a nursing home and long term care facility in Washington County. Though very little is known at this time about the patient, her death, the possible cause or suspected…

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Virginia Nursing Homes and “the Chandelier Effect” 150 150 Dan Frith
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Virginia Nursing Homes and “the Chandelier Effect”

The title of today’s posts may be a little confusing. What is “the Chandelier effect” and what does it have to do with nursing homes.  The Chandelier Effect is a fancy phrase for what nursing homes do to get you or your loved one into their facility.  It means they spend their money on outdoor…

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Over-Medication in nursing homes 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Over-Medication in nursing homes

For years our industry has been aware of a terrible and heart breaking issue related to over-medication of elderly patients in long term care facilities. Let’s face it – a CNA cannot properly care for 30 residents that are mobile, walking, fall risks, who need help getting to the bathroom, dining room, getting dressed etc.…

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Xarelto, Coumadin or Warafin management and physician mistakes 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Xarelto, Coumadin or Warafin management and physician mistakes

I have heard it before: “This new medication is so far superior to what we used in the past. It’s easier to manage, blah blah blah blah blah.” While I love the optimistic health care providers have about new drugs, I have and will remain a skeptic. Coumadin has long been a difficult medication to…

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Good doctors get sued sometimes, but bad doctors get sued multiple times 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Good doctors get sued sometimes, but bad doctors get sued multiple times

This week I read about a doctor in our area who was sued four times in 1 calendar year. My friends Russ Updike and Nolan Nicely (of Covington Virginia) represent the families who were victims of this physician. Peter Vieth, attorney and writer for Virginia Lawyers Weekly (a weekly lawyer newspaper) writes in the article title Ex-Virginia…

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“Hey Doctor, How Many Times Have You Performed this Surgery?” 150 150 Dan Frith
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“Hey Doctor, How Many Times Have You Performed this Surgery?”

Doesn’t it just make common sense that the more times someone performs a specific task, requiring some degree of skill, that they will get better at performing the task? I certainly think so and a recent article on surgical outcomes proves the point. The article appears in Health magazine and was written by Kathryn Doyle. …

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Cameras in Nursing Homes: A Good Idea 150 150 Dan Frith
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Cameras in Nursing Homes: A Good Idea

I have blogged on this topic before.  The use of hidden cameras in nursing homes to “catch” bad guys neglecting or abusing the elderly is a damn good use of technology.  My home state of Virginia has guidelines for the use of hidden cameras which protect patient privacy yet expose staff (and sometimes other residents)…

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Ask for the policies and procedures when your loved one is in a Virginia nursing home 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Ask for the policies and procedures when your loved one is in a Virginia nursing home

Sometimes, law makers do act with a desire to protect the public. Through Virginia law does not have laws that address staffing in nursing homes (meaning the number of patients one nurse or CNA can serve), there are written rules and laws that affect how licensed nursing homes should be providing care. One of the…

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Virginia adopts long-term care rules 150 150 Dan Frith
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Virginia adopts long-term care rules

I read in today’s Roanoke Times an article reporting action taken by the State Corporation Commission to reduce the burden of ever increasing premiums on long-term care insurance policies.  This is a great idea.  A study conducted by Virginia’s Bureau of Insurance revealed state regulators approved 82 long-term rate increases sought by 33 insurance companies…

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Pharmacists against execution thankfully also against negligent manufacturing practices that killed innocent Virginians 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Pharmacists against execution thankfully also against negligent manufacturing practices that killed innocent Virginians

This morning the American Pharmacist Association (motto – Improving Medication Use. Advancing Patient Care) published a Policy and Position Paper discouraging pharmacists from creating the drug cocktails used by states in executions. Their reasoning, which I think makes sense, “Pharmacists are health care providers and pharmacist participation in executions conflicts with the profession’s role on…

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Amazon does the right thing with non-competes 150 150 Dan Frith
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Amazon does the right thing with non-competes

Kudo’s to Amazon (but they had to be shamed into it).  Business Insider reports that Amazon, which employs over 88,000 workers world-wide, plans to remove “non-compete” clauses from its employment contracts for US workers paid by the hour.  By signing the non-compete agreement, workers pledged not to:   …engage in or support the development, manufacture, marketing, or…

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LewisGale Hospital pay $1 Million to settle Malpractice Suit 150 150 Dan Frith
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LewisGale Hospital pay $1 Million to settle Malpractice Suit

The front page headline in today’s Roanoke Times read, “LewisGale paid $1M to Settle Death Lawsuit.”  I was interested in the article for two reasons. First, my law firm handles medical malpractice cases in Virginia and are currently suing, and have sued, Lewis Gale Medical Center, an Hospital Corporation of America hospital, and its affiliates. …

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