Good Reasons to Hire an Elder Law Attorney before a Nursing Home Placement is Made
The following story will illustrate why you should call an elder law attorney before a nursing home placement is made to try and avoid what happened to my client who I will call “Mary.”
24 days a year of therapeutic leave available to nursing home residents on Medicaid
When an individual who lives in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) is approved for Medicaid, a “Medicaid number” is assigned to that individual. This is the number that will be used for billing purposes by the nursing home, the pharmacy, the hospital, and other health care providers. The MLTSS Medicaid program pays for the skilled nursing facility at a specific daily rate as long...
Guidebook available regarding common nursing home problems
Justice in Aging is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to fighting for the rights and interests of poor elderly people in the United States. The organization has just released a free guidebook called “25 Common Nursing Home Problems and How to Resolve them.” Click here to find out how to get this publication.
Readers of this blog are aware that skilled nursing facilities/...
Court upholds Revocation of CNA Certification for tying nursing home resident’s wheelchair to handrail
A Certified Nurses’ Aide who worked in a New Jersey nursing home has lost her Certification for tying a resident’s wheelchair to the hallway handrail, causing agitation, distress and confinement of the resident. The act was found to constitute abuse & neglect, and this finding has been placed next to her name on the New Jersey Nurse Aide Registry.
An administrative hearing was...
Feeding the Patient is Part of the Plan of Care
What can you do if your loved one can’t feed himself but the nursing home staff just keep leaving the tray on his table? The Nursing Home Reform Act Residents’ Rights 42 CFR Ä 483 requires that provision of adequate nutrition be part of the services provided to all nursing home residents. The facility must provide adequate services to “attain or maintain the highest...
Behavioral Therapy Techniques Show Promise for Alzheimers’ Patients
If you are caring for a person with Alzheimers’ dementia, you are probably seeing a number of behavioral changes that are difficult to understand and challenging to respond to. These are sometimes called “neuropsychiatric symptoms,” and they span the spectrum from apathy and depression to wandering, disinhibition, irritable verbal onslaughts, agitated pacing, and...
Even in a nursing home, palliative care can be used to ease the way at the end of life
When a person moves out of their home and moves into a nursing home for their long-term care, they become a resident at the facility, because the long-term care facility (LTCF) is their new home. The resident will receive mail there, can submit an absentee voting ballot from there, receive personal visitors and telephone calls there. This is why federal law and state law are couched in terms...