Nursing home abuse is an epidemic and our blog is designed to inform on nursing home abuse cases, nursing home abuse resources, and legal options for families of loved ones who have suffered from nursing home abuse or neglect.
Most of the first deaths in the United States from COVID-19 were of residents of a long-term care facility in Washington state. The federal government has issued new guidelines in an attempt to keep nursing home residents safe from COVID-19. The new federal guidelines, issued in a paper called a “guidance”, direct nursing homes to take action to prevent the spread of infection.
Today’s Star Tribune has a front-page article focusing on the dangers of forced arbitration clauses contained in nursing home and assisted living admission agreements. The article features a Kosieradzki Smith Law Firm case and Joel Smith (left). Investigative reporter Chris Serres warns:…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new rule this past Wednesday that prohibits nursing homes from forcing binding arbitration on residents. For years, many nursing homes in Minnesota and throughout the country included clauses in their…
Many nursing home admission contracts contain arbitration clauses whereby the resident gives up (usually unwittingly) the right to have legal disputes resolved in court. In many situations, it is not the resident himself or herself who signs the nursing home’s…
Many nursing homes and other care facilities are inserting terms into their admission contracts that protect them from being held accountable in a court of law. Buried in these multi-page documents are terms that consumers don’t see, gloss over, or…
