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Advice for the Virginia Employee 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Advice for the Virginia Employee

Pop Quiz time: Which of the following is something you should NOT say if you want a woman to date you: 1. Hey, you look pretty. Like my grandma. 2. You sure yellow is a good color on you? 3. Hey, you look like a gal who can clean. Want to come to my house?…

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Health Care Costs: Where Does the Money Go? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Health Care Costs: Where Does the Money Go?

So I tried to steal this picture from Met Life’s Website. If you could read it clearly (and you should by going to their website ) you would see that long term care costs are UP. And while millions of Americans need long term care, the costs are increasing annually. Their key findings (and yes…

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ACCOUNTABILITY AT TENN. NURSING HOME? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

ACCOUNTABILITY AT TENN. NURSING HOME?

Often we will hear terrible stories of abuse or neglect at a nursing home. Occassionally, the care providers who are responsible lose their jobs.. infrequently they lose their licenses or face criminal prosecution. Most of the time, the insurance carrier for the nursing home settles the case and no real change occurs. In Bristol Va/Tenn.,…

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TAKE YOUR MEDICAID BENEFITS AND GO HOME 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

TAKE YOUR MEDICAID BENEFITS AND GO HOME

This might sound like a bad idea…but it is not! Most nursing homes are merely nothing more than “warehouses for the elderly.” They are under-staffed and the staff who are present are often under-trained and over-worked. The Administrator’s main job is to increase profits and he/she does this by cutting the costs of labor (fewer…

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VIRGINIA MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE – Way to go Jury! 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

VIRGINIA MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE – Way to go Jury!

This morning I read about a big case in Fairfax County Virginia. Now, the sad thing about big in Medical Malpractice cases in Virginia, is that usually the following not so great things had to occur: 1. A physician made a huge mistake = malpractice 2. Someone suffered a substantial or permanent injury as a…

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SPEND SOME TIME AT THE NURSING HOME THIS CHRISTMAS 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

SPEND SOME TIME AT THE NURSING HOME THIS CHRISTMAS

Lauren and I spent a full day yesterday in a mediation trying to resolve an injury claim. The mediation took place at the nursing home where our client has lived for the last 14 months. The mediation was unsuccessful (we go to trial in less than 2 months) but Lauren and I witnessed an interesting…

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Non-Competes and Football Coaches 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

Non-Competes and Football Coaches

Just ran across an interesting article I must share with our readers. The article, Why Don’t College Coaches Have Non-Competes in Their Contracts?, was published on the online version of Outkick the Coverage. The writer seems to blame the ever increasing salaries of the football coaching elite to the absence of non-compete clauses in their…

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Top 10 Reasons to Have a Lawyer Review Your Severance Agreement 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

Top 10 Reasons to Have a Lawyer Review Your Severance Agreement

This is the title of an article published in Forbes magazine today. It is a must read for executives, and others, leaving their current employment and who are presented with a severance agreement. Guess what item made the Top 10 list? That’s right! A non-compete or non-solicitation provision. The article said the following about the…

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GRANNY CAMS CATCH ANOTHER BAD GUY 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

GRANNY CAMS CATCH ANOTHER BAD GUY

This news report comes from Ohio. Steve Piskor had grown so concerned about the treatment his mother was receiving at a MetroHealth Medical Center nursing home that he installed a hidden camera in her room along with a sign that warned employees of its presence. Yet, over the next two months, he found numerous instances…

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“I’D RATHER DIE THAN MOVE TO A NURSING HOME” 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

“I’D RATHER DIE THAN MOVE TO A NURSING HOME”

I have heard family members make this very statement…usually after they have lost a loved father, mother, or sibling to outrageously poor care in a nursing home. It is a sad commentary on how the Long Term Care Industry in America operates. I recently read an article which should give us all some hope. A…

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ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES IN VIRGINIA 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES IN VIRGINIA

Here is a pop quiz, about assisted living facilities in Virginia: AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY IS SIMILAR TO, which of the following (LEGALLY SPEAKING): a. A college dorm room b. A nursing home c. A hospital d. Home health The answer is: A. No really. assisted Living = College Dorm Room. Under Virginia law, assisted…

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“OMG…LOL…Did You Really Post That?” 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

“OMG…LOL…Did You Really Post That?”

Tis the Season. No, not for Christmas and do gooding or Holiday cheer. Tis the Season for Holiday Office Parties… which means, booze, loose lips, camera phones, and evidence. What? Evidence? Yup. Evidence. Evidence in business tort cases. Like when you tell Cindy the receptionist, while sipping some pink cocktail through a straw “Thsindy… don’t…

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