The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued revised guidance for visitation in nursing homes during the COVID-19 public health emergency, in part due to the impact of Covid-19 vaccination. The revised guidance now permits nursing home visitation for all residents at all times. Previously, CMS restricted nursing home visitation in an effort...
Nursing homes have a duty to treat residents with dignity and keep them safe. If a nursing home’s wrongful conduct or lack of care has injured a loved one, you may be considering filing a nursing home lawsuit. An experienced nursing home neglect attorney can help you get started and answer any questions you may...
As our loved ones age, we rely on nursing homes and assisted living facilities to help take care of them when they can no longer do so for themselves. These types of facilities are entrusted with a great deal of responsibility to ensure the health, safety, and general welfare of our loved ones. And while...
Our parents, siblings, spouse, and/or friends may require more care than can be provided at home. We often place our trust and faith in nursing homes and long-term care facilities to provide residential care to our elderly or disabled loved ones. Unfortunately, it took this Corona Virus (Covid-19) Pandemic to uncover the significant and dangerous...
Infection prevention, control and management are ongoing problems in nursing homes and long-term care facilities in New Jersey. It is not surprising, then, that nursing homes are reportedly struggling to contain the Covid-19 virus. [1] Nearly every nursing home in the state has reported at least one case of the virus at their facility, and...
Nursing home cases involve violations of New Jersey statutes and regulations which result in the loss of dignity and enjoyment of life, pain and suffering and possible permanent physical injury or death to nursing home residents. Typical nursing home lawsuits contain multiple causes of action, where a claim against individual nurses, aides, management personnel and...
The very purpose of the NHRRA is to do away with the typical attitude in which these cases were addressed prior to its passing; that is, to eliminate the evaluation of these cases as not worth significant value because the person is elderly, had multiple co-morbidities and a short period of time to live. When...
There are two types of damages a plaintiff can recover: compensatory and punitive. A plaintiff will be entitled to punitive damages if he or she is given the opportunity to establish by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant’s acts or omissions caused harm and were actuated by actual malice or accompanied by a wanton...
What is nursing negligence? Whether it is in a hospital or an office setting, we probably spend as much or even more time under the care of nurses. And just like physicians, nurses must adhere to a reasonable standard of patient care. When that standard of care is not met and results in serious harm—either physical...
Sexual Abuse in Nursing Homes is a Tragic Reality Enrolling a loved one in a nursing home is a serious decision. When you decided to send your relative to a care facility, you did so out of the sincere belief that such a place would be the best place for them to maintain a high...