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NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO START THEIR OWN BUSINESSES 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO START THEIR OWN BUSINESSES

If I were someone interested in starting my own business in the new year, I would want to do the following: 1. Obtain and review all of my existing employment agreements / contracts;2. Have an attorney review, evaluate and explain my rights and restrictions under these contracts;3. Have an attorney advise me on what actions…

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YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO

Want to know your employment rights in Virginia? You have the right to: 1. Sign a non-compete or be fired;2. Be fired for any reason (but race, gender, age or religion);3. Be fired without notice;4. Be sued by your old employer for using confidential information for your own benefit;5. Be sued by your old employer…

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FIRST 72 HOURS AT A NURSING HOME ARE CRUCIAL 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

FIRST 72 HOURS AT A NURSING HOME ARE CRUCIAL

I have seen the following situation happen more than one time: Elderly patient is discharged from hospital and taken to a nursing home after 5:00pm. Arrives at nursing home, and staff is unprepared or not there. No one to discuss paperwork or payment. No RN on staff to evaluate patient or their condition. No physician…

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RIGHT TO WORK – DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

RIGHT TO WORK – DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?

I saw a family friend over the Christmas Holiday. He is a business owner. He asked what type of law I was practicing these days and I told him about our non-compete / employment litigation practice. He smiled and said “Those things aren’t really valid – are they? I have all of my employees sign…

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HOME HEALTH CARE NIGHTMARE 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

HOME HEALTH CARE NIGHTMARE

Let me begin with a confession. I have to rely on home health care workers to take care of one of my parents. I wish it could be different but we live 6 states away. So I must daily rely on these women, many strangers, to care for my loved one. And I am not…

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NURSING HOME NEGLECT OVER THE HOLIDAYS 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NURSING HOME NEGLECT OVER THE HOLIDAYS

Did you visit a loved one over Christmas at a local nursing home? Was it chaos? I would guess it was. Many nurses there? I doubt it. And what happened when the normal care takers were home with their families? Were sub-nurses hired and asked to provide care without any supervision or guidance? We have…

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ARE THERE FELONS AND CRIMINALS IN YOUR NURSING HOME? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

ARE THERE FELONS AND CRIMINALS IN YOUR NURSING HOME?

Of course not, you say with conviction. The nursing home where my mother, father, husband, wife, etc. live would never let those types of people into the home. It wouldn’t be safe would it? That is probably what the families of residents of two Chicago area nursing homes were saying as well…at least until this…

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EMPLOYEE HANDBOOKS 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

EMPLOYEE HANDBOOKS

Most employers have developed an “Employee Handbook.” The book contains the company’s policies on vacation and sick leave, health insurance, recognized holidays, benefits, grievance procedures, and on…and on….and on. But what if that handbook states that, should the employee leave his/her employment with the company, he/she agrees not to compete with the company for a…

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…ANOTHER MEDICATION ERROR LEADS TO NURSING HOME DEATH 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

…ANOTHER MEDICATION ERROR LEADS TO NURSING HOME DEATH

After just writing my last blog titled, “Nursing Home Sued Over Blood Thinner,” we see another report about deadly medication errors in nursing homes. This report comes from Minnesota where state investigators say a woman recovering from spine surgery died of a massive stroke in June after a nursing home in Faribault, Minn., failed to…

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NURSING HOME SUED OVER BLOOD THINNNER 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

NURSING HOME SUED OVER BLOOD THINNNER

This post comes to you by way of Madison, Illinois…but it could happen anywhere. A recently filed lawsuit claims nurses at Rosewood Care Center (Edwardsville, Ill) – a nursing home licensed by Bravo Care – administered 4 milligrams of Coumadin to a resident, despite the fact that her physician had ordered her prescription to be…

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MOVING TO A NEW JOB IN 2010? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

MOVING TO A NEW JOB IN 2010?

If you are, you better make sure you review your old employment agreement and know the contents of any non-compete or non-solicitation agreement you signed during your employment. Why? If you violate your non-compete/nonsolicitation agreement, you may find yourself as a defendant in a civil lawsuit. Consult with an experienced attorney BEFORE taking that new…

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NURSING HOME INSPECTIONS STUN STATE OFFICIALS 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

NURSING HOME INSPECTIONS STUN STATE OFFICIALS

That is the title of an article which recently appeared in the Chicago Tribune. Top state officials who visited Illinois nursing homes said they were stunned and disappointed by conditions at some facilities, describing grim institutions crowded with surprising numbers of mentally ill residents who wandered aimlessly without proper treatment. This is not a surprise…

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