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Elder Abuse Coronavirus/COVID-19

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Nursing homes misdiagnose and sedate residents with strong drugs but lag on vaccinating staff

The nation’s nursing homes, battered by the coronavirus pandemic, are under more fire for their resurgent reliance on powerful and risky psychiatric drugs and shaky diagnoses of mental illness to treat elderly residents, as...more

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Insurance Update - July 2021

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Appellate courts have been busy the last few weeks deciding a wide swath of insurance issues. The Eighth Circuit became the first federal appellate court to weigh in on pandemic-related business interruption claims. ...more

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Increased DOJ Enforcement in the Health Care Space

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Health care providers and entities take note: The Department of Justice (DOJ) is increasingly focused on enforcement in the health care space. DOJ has long prioritized health care fraud, but under the prior administration...more

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How Should We Celebrate Elder Law Month?

With 2020 in the rear view mirror and 2021 well underway, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to generate urgency for elder law planning for those most at risk. May is National Elder Law Month which allows the opportunity to...more

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Spotting and Stopping Elder Abuse by Those Exerting Undue Influence During COVID-19

From increased unemployment to social and political unrest, COVID-19 has had far-ranging consequences beyond the obvious public health crisis. One area that deserves more attention is the increasing threat of elder abuse by...more

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The First of Many Expected COVID-19 Criminal Cases Against Nursing Home Operators

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On September 24, 2020, Superintendent Bennett Walsh and former Medical Director David Clinton of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts (SHH) were indicted on criminal neglect charges in what Attorney General Maura...more

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Top Officials at Massachusetts Veterans' Home Face Significant Prison Time Based on COVID-19 Outbreak that Occurred on their Watch

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Superintendent Bennett Walsh and former medical director David Clinton of Holyoke Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts were indicted Sept. 24, 2020, for criminal charges concerning a coronavirus outbreak at the Home that led to...more

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Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - August 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a terrible toll on residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities nationwide. Federal and state regulators have bungled their response, failing to safeguard residents. Governors...more

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