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Choosing a Nursing Home 150 150 Dan Frith
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Choosing a Nursing Home

Lauren and I have written numerous blogs on issues to consider in selecting a nursing home. It can be a very important decision. The Richmond Times Dispatch published an article today titled, “MODERN AGING: Do research on nursing homes.” It is a very good read.

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Virginia Trucking Attorney 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Virginia Trucking Attorney

I just read about a federal jury verdict in New Hampshire – $8.5 million dollars to a woman and her small children. Why did a jury give them $8,500,000?Because their father / husband was killed when he was run over by a tractor trailer. I wish this was an isolated incident but it is not.…

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How I Left Microsoft 150 150 Dan Frith
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How I Left Microsoft

On this blog, Lauren and I share our thoughts on the legal issues and available strategies when dealing with non-compete and non-solicitation contracts. I just read an article from Business Insider titled, “How I Left Microsoft And Started A Competing Company Without Violating My Non-Compete.” No one could write it better. I strongly urge you…

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Inmates and Parolees Moving Into Nursing Homes: Are You Kidding Me? 150 150 Dan Frith
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Inmates and Parolees Moving Into Nursing Homes: Are You Kidding Me?

We place our mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters into nursing homes because they can no longer take care of themselves and we are, for a number of reasons, unable to provide the care they need. In short, these very important loved ones in our lives are vulnerable and need to be cared for and protected.…

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The Hazards of Health Care in America 150 150 Dan Frith
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The Hazards of Health Care in America

My local paper, The Roanoke Times, ran a syndicated article today written by Joe and Teresa Gradeon of The People’s Pharmacy. The provided the following scary statistics about health care in America: * Between 76,000 and 137,000 people die annually from fatal drug reactions in the hospital * Fatal drug reactions kill more than 100,000…

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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