As advocates for the interest and well-being of nursing home residents throughout the State of California, our San Diego nursing home injury lawyers have prepared a list of some helpful questions you families should ask when meeting the director of a nursing home: Does the care meet the needs of your family? Does the facility [...]
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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Questions and Resources to Decide Whether a Nursing Home is the Right Fit
September 30, 2009 – 12:34 pm
Problem Nursing Homes Missing from Federal Program
September 30, 2009 – 12:14 pm
WASHINGTON, CALIFORNIA – Our San Diego elder abuse attorneys have learned that a government program which brings extra scrutiny to poorly performing nursing homes leaves out hundreds of troubled facilities. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) identifies up to 136 nursing homes as “special focus facilities” subject to more frequent inspections because of [...]
Tri-City Medical Center fined for not Preventing Patient’s Fall
September 29, 2009 – 6:43 pm
OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA – Our San Diego nursing home abuse attorneys have learned that Tri-City Medical Center was fined by the state last Tuesday for failing to prevent a patient from falling out of bed. The California Department of Public Health announced last Thursday that it had fined Tri-City and 10 other hospitals throughout the state, [...]
No Punishment for Elder Care Facilities that Forgo Insurance
September 28, 2009 – 6:41 pm
Our San Diego nursing home abuse attorneys are well aware of the negligent care that is unfortunately all too common in nursing homes these days. In 2007, Grover Brown, a paraplegic 37-year-old, debilitated by multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease, developed a pressure sore soon after arriving at the High Street care Center in East Oakland. [...]
San Diego Attorneys Volunteer Time and Expertise to Give Local Seniors Legal Advice
September 25, 2009 – 7:44 am
RANCHO BERNARDO, CALIFORNIA – Angelo Parise, who alternates with several other local attorneys, offers free legal advice from 1 to 3 p.m. Mondays at the Rancho Bernardo Senior Services offices in the Bernardo Town Center Plaza Mall. Each client is formally allowed up to 20 minutes of consultation, but the attorneys often give clients more [...]
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