New regulations passed by the Georgia General Assembly may help clarify the services that assisted living facilities in Georgia can provide to their residents. Recognizing an ambiguity in the laws applicable to assisted living facilities, Georgia legislators drew upon similar regulations from Maryland, North Carolina and Oregon to create a more clear cut list of… Continue Reading
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Bed Sore Verdict Against Assisted Living Facility & Home Health Care Agency
Posted in Bed Sore Lawsuit, Bed Sores, Pressure Sores, Decubitus Ulcers & Pressure UlcersI never served on a jury before. So I’ll have to imagine how difficult it is to serve as the decision-maker in a pending case. Particularly when evidence is presented by skilled lawyers, I imagine there must be an element of second-guessing both the sincereity of the witnesses and lawyers involved. In trials involving the… Continue Reading
New Program Focuses On Staffing To Improve Patient Care In Nursing Homes
Posted in National Nursing Home IssuesI recently read about The Critical Access Nursing Home Project, a program initiated to help ‘at risk’ nursing homes in urban areas in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Georgia improve the quality of their care. Though participation in the program is voluntary facilities must meet criteria applicable to the composition patient demographics such as: operating in… Continue Reading
Fire In An Assisted Living Facility Claims The Lives Of Two Residents
Posted in Smoking & Fires In Nursing HomesTwo residents at a Georgia assisted living facility were killed when a fire broke out at the facility where they lived. Two other residents were taken to a hospital for further treatment. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the fire. Unlike nursing homes, assisted living facilities and group homes are not subject… Continue Reading
Family Claims Assisted Living Facilities Neglect Resulted In Death Of Mentally Disabled Woman
Posted in Assisted Living Facilities, Wrongful DeathThe family of a 51-year-old woman with cerebral palsy has brought a lawsuit against the assisted living facility where she was a patient. The lawsuit alleges that Country Crossing Assisted Living Facility (Georgia) failed to properly care for the mentally disabled woman during the course of her four year stay and intentionally hid her physical… Continue Reading
Should Medicaid Dictate Who Receives Medical Treatment?
Posted in MedicareAn anticipated decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals may alter the way medical treatment is dispensed for Medicaid recipients. Under the current system, Medicaid recipients are entitled to receive ‘medically necessary’ treatment as prescribed by their physician. In cases of disabled or handicapped people this frequently means home nursing care by a CNA… Continue Reading