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Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - August 2024 #1

News Briefs - CMS Increases Acute Care Inpatient Hospital Payments by $2.9B - HHS has finalized the fiscal year 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System rule. The rule...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights Podcast - Episode 6: Charting the Future of Nursing Home Staffing

In this episode, AGG Healthcare attorneys Lisa Churvis and Alan Horowitz discuss critical aspects of nursing home staffing requirements. Lisa and Alan delve into the implications of recent legislative proposals and regulatory...more

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Holding Nursing Homes Accountable: The Process of Filing a Lawsuit

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Our attorneys have seen firsthand the devastating impact that substandard care can have on nursing home residents and their families. If you or a loved one has suffered abuse or neglect in a nursing home in Delaware,...more

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Senior Care Strategies: How to Prepare for Life's Later Stages

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​​​​​​​With continuing advances in medicine, nutrition, and wellness, people are living longer. We all want to age like the characters on the popular sitcom “Golden Girls,” whose “golden years” seem fabulous and filled with...more

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Nursing Home Abuse/Neglect FAQs in Delaware

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1. What are the signs of nursing home abuse or neglect in Delaware? Signs of nursing home abuse and neglect can vary, but common indicators include physical injuries like bruises, cuts, or bedsores; sudden weight loss;...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

States With the Highest and Lowest Assisted Living Costs

Today, 58 million adults in the United States are 65 and older. Seniors make up more than 17 percent of the American population. The U.S. Census Bureau expects this number to reach 83.7 million by 2050....more

McGuireWoods LLP

Senior Living Alert – In the Thick of It: With Battles Raging in Statehouses, Where Do Senior Living Facilities Sit?

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State legislatures nationwide are engaged in a flurry of activity as lawmakers, journalists, interest groups and citizens converge to address diverse policy issues. Debates and advocacy campaigns on topics such as social...more

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

ELDER LAW LEGAL UPDATE: Important Changes to Social Security Income, Medicaid Resource and Income Allowances, and Regional Rates...

The Elder Law Practice Group at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman would like to share some important Elder Law legal updates with our clients and professional partners that will impact Medicaid eligibility for applicants/recipients...more

Mandelbaum Barrett PC

Elder Law and Special Needs Newsletter: February 2024 Issue

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Our February Elder Law and Special Needs newsletter is now available! In this issue, our attorneys delve into timely topics such as recent legislative developments in New Jersey. Specifically, we explore new laws designed to...more

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New Jersey Intends to Suspend Two South Jersey Nursing Homes from Medicaid

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The New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller’s (OSC) Medicaid Fraud Unit has moved to suspend two South Jersey nursing homes from New Jersey Medicaid, citing poor conditions at the facilities and evidence that their owners...more

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Senior Living Alert: 10 Things to Know About Senior Living Facility Restructuring and Bankruptcy

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Over the past few years, the senior living sector has endured some hard times. In 2023, many operators found themselves in distress and facing a sale or court-governed proceeding. Interest rates, wage inflation, staffing...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

The Top 5 Dos and Don’ts of Family Conversations Involving Aging Loved Ones’ Needs

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If you are lucky enough to gather around the holiday table with multiple generations, aging relatives, and loved ones, consider the kinds of conversations that you may be engaged in or should be having with them at some point...more

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Senior Living Alert – On the Horizon: How Prior Legislative Work Is Leading Into the 2024 Session

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With the election season completed and the posture of each state’s political chatter turning toward the 2024 session, now is a good time to take stock of where certain states have seen progress (or attempts at progress)...more

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Williams Mullen's Strategies for Senior Care: The Upside of Compliance Plans for Senior Care Facilities

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Williams Mullen’s Strategies for Senior Care video series explores how owners, administrators, and directors of assisted living facilities (ALFs), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and continuing care retirement communities...more

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Reputation Management Is Key in a Competitive Senior Living Marketplace

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When a man’s family placed a hidden camera in his senior living residence, it came as a startling surprise to the provider. While the company has a policy against surreptitiously videotaping employees, management could not...more

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AI May Offer Solutions to (Some) Senior Housing Issues

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Senior Housing News recently published an article making a compelling argument for how the use of “AI” is aiding senior living communities in providing better resident experiences and care. Focused on the experiences of...more

Cozen O'Connor

What Do You Mean I am Responsible for Mom and Dad’s Nursing Home Bills?

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Adult children in Pennsylvania with aging parents might be shocked to learn that they can be financially responsible for their parents’ nursing home bills. Pennsylvania, along with many other states, has filial support laws...more

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Williams Mullen's Strategies for Senior Care: Agency Investigations of Senior Care Facilities

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The Strategies for Senior Care video series explores how owners, administrators, and directors of assisted living facilities (ALFs), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) can...more

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Senior Living Trends Heading in a Positive Direction

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A new survey conducted by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care unveiled some encouraging developments in the senior housing industry. The survey, which included responses from owners and executives of 39...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

Choosing the Right Housing Situation for Your Elderly Loved One

Choosing the Right Housing Situation for Your Elderly Loved One - In a world where we are living longer, elder housing choices have become more plentiful and commonplace; but the terms used to describe these options have...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Utilizing the MDS as a resident's rights and risk-reduction strategy in long-term care

CT magazine (October 2022) - The frailty syndrome is an emerging concept for providers who care for individuals with significant comorbidities, advanced age, or a decline in functional or cognitive status; the more...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

Can You Sue for Nursing Home Injuries Due to Falls and Other Accidents?

Abuse and neglect at nursing homes are longstanding problems. Some of the most common nursing home injuries are also among the problems that can leave the families of residents with a lot of questions. ...more

Melito & Adolfsen

Investigating and Defending Nurse Homes in Cases of Severe Pressure Ulcers

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When a resident of a nursing home suffers from severe pressure ulcers any claim against the facility may initially seem indefensible. But careful evaluation of the record may very well show that not to be the case. If there...more

Law Matters

Nursing Home Ownership Correlates to Incidents of Abuse and Neglect

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Due to persistent problems involving systemic nursing home abuse and neglect, CMS announced recent policy changes aimed at bettering nursing home care....more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Supreme Court To Hear Case Regarding Section 1983 Enforcement of FNHRA Violations

The Supreme Court, on May 2, 2022, granted certiorari to consider whether certain provisions in the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act (“FNHRA”) create rights that are federally enforceable by nursing home residents under 42...more

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