Medical malpractice is the deviation from the acceptable medical standard of care which causes results in some type of harm to the patient. It can and does happen in a health care facility including nursing homes. Nursing home malpractice is any intentional act or negligence committed by a nursing home professional and/or staff member that potential causes physical, economic, or psychological harm to the residents. Malpractice can occur if the care provided deviates from accepted standards of practice in the community and causes injury or death to the resident. While most facilities attempt to provide competent care, there are instances when the quality of care is not up to standards, and as a result medical malpractice occurs. General neglect is the most common nursing home malpractice and could include:
* Failure to assist in personal hygiene
* Failure to provide appropriate medical care
* Failure to provide appropriate food, clothing, and shelter
* Failure to prevent or treat malnutrition and dehydration
* Failure to prevent falls
* Failure to provide a safe environment
Any act or failure to act perpetuated by staff member that causes harm to a resident could be considered nursing home malpractice. Signs of or symptoms of these problems can include bedsores, pressure sores, infections, dehydration, malnutrition, unexplained ailments, undetected or misdiagnosed medical conditions, slip and fall accidents, medication errors, inappropriate physical restraint, untreated pain, and related indications of injury and/or death to the residents. Nursing home malpractice also includes inadequate staffing, inexperienced or under-trained staff, negligent supervision, and patient isolation. When the minimum standards governing the nursing home industry not met, the party responsible can be held accountable for any damages caused by the malpractice. Elder abuse in a nursing home is also a malpractice. There are different types of elder abuse: physical abuse, financial abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect and health care fraud. A victim of nursing home malpractice can file a claim for malpractice. The claim must be made within the statute of limitation which varies from state to state. The victim must generally prove four elements in a nursing home negligence claim: (1) a duty of care was owed by the nursing home; (2) the home violated the applicable standard of care; (3) the victim suffered a compensable injury; and (4) the injury was caused in fact and proximately caused by the substandard conduct. The burden of proving these elements is on the victim. Sometimes nursing home malpractice can also result in the death of the resident. In such cases, the survivors of the deceased resident can file a claim for wrongful death against the nursing home and its staff. To prove a nursing home malpractice case, expert testimony may be need to provide that employees of the nursing home failed to render care and treatment that meets the prevailing standard of care in the industry, and that this breach of the standard of care caused the resident’s injury or death. If you suspect you are a medical malpractice victim or nursing home malpractice for any reason, it is recommended that you seek legal advice immediately. Attorney Richard Hastings, for the past two and one half decades, has been helping injured clients and families collect millions of dollars in cases ranging from motor vehicle accidents to wrongful death, to medical malpractice. He is the founder of Selectcounsel, LLC, a free service that helps you find one of the best lawyers in your area and is the author of the books “How To Find A Great Lawyer” and “Understanding And Improving The Value Of Your Personal Injury Case.” Please visit http://www.SelectCounsel.com to see how they can find you one of the best lawyers in your area for your serious injury or medical malpractice case.
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What kind of job could I get in a nursing home?Hi, I want to work again and I know that I would love working in a nursing home. I love being with the elderly. They can be so sweet and loving and I know that they get lonely living in a nursing home. I would love to spend time with them and make them feel better and not feel so lonely. I am not a nurse so I am wondering what other positions would be available in a nursing home. Serious answers only please.
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I really think this is wonderful of you…In the past I have worked at several Nursing Homes as a RN….Alot of the residents have depression, so its really hard to get them interested in anything….the thing is, don't give up on them…go and get them in their room and bring them to bingo…some are just very shy…good prizes are: plants for their rooms, lotions, soaps, shampoos anything that smells nice…go to the dollar store, they have alot of stuff that doesn't cost alot…the main thing is don't give up on them…one week they won't go and the next they are more than ready…God Bless you
Sweetie…you are a wonderful person for doing this….
You have to be flexible…especially, in this type of economy!
Hospitals are not hiring at this time until the economy is improving and people are gaining back their health insurance. But if this is your choice…then good luck to you!
You need to understand Medicare and how it works with Medicaid. You can go to http://www.medicare.gov/ It will help you in some aspects. Medicaid will work with Medicare. It basicly will pay what Medicare won't pay. Living in a state funded nursing home is not a good way to live. People usually don't live very long after they enter a nursing home. Do they have a retirement fund or pension or any kind? If they are in a home they will also have to sign over their social security check to the state.
Unless your dad has a long term care policy…then he's going to have to liquidate his assets to pay for his care.
Government programs (Medicaid/Medicare) have a look back period. So you can't hide dad's assets by putting them in your name.
And that's they way it should be. When Medicaid/Medicare pay for your dad's care…that money is coming from all of us through our taxes. I don't pay taxes so you can have an inheritance and you don't pay them so I can inherit when my parents die.
Your dad worked his whole life to acquire his assets. It is now time for all his hard work and his assets to be used to make sure he gets the best care he can afford. And he will get much better care as a private pay patient than a medicaid/medicare patient.
By the time your dad passes…hopefully he has had a long, wonderful life. He has had love and great care and his assets have been used to make sure he had everything he needed.
That's my wish for my parents. That they have long wonderful health lives. And when the time comes, I'll make sure to liquidate their assets and make sure they have top notch care. If all goes right…..mom and dad will have been well cared for…well loved and the only thing I'll be left with are the great memories and lessons learned from my parents. It's not my parents job to leave me an inheritance. It's my job to make my own way…provide for myself and work hard…so that when I am old I will have the resources I need to get the care I need.
Good Luck with your Dad.
I'd check with a lawyer on this.
Yes, the patient is expected to pay for the nursing home, if he or she has the assets to do so. Many people transfer property and assets to avoid this issue.
The law has been that the transfer had to happen a year to a year and a half before the person entered the nursing home. However the recent Budget Reconcilliation Bill changes the ruling to a period to five years.
There is an article about it here: http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=128962
Some to lose Medicaid aid in paying for nursing home By DOUGLAS TURNER News Washington Bureau Chief 2/10/2006
"WASHINGTON – The days are over when Grandma or Grandpa could give their money to relatives, then, shortly thereafter, enter a nursing home with Medicaid picking up the tab. A bill President Bush signed this week requires a five-year wait for those wishing to employ this little-publicized but widely used practice. … While critics fear the new rules could hurt people of modest means, advocates say the changes will help erase the practice of wealthier seniors artificially impoverishing themselves so the government assumes their nursing home expenses."
click link for rest of the article – http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=128962
I work in a nursing home (in Australia if you go on the waiting list for my home you could be offered a bed in one of their other homes in the area it can be up to a 2 year wait it depends on need of the person if they knock back a bed twice they will go back on the bottom of your list).
Ask your doctor,nurse & friends what the homes are like? would you put your parents there or if they are in one are they happy there?
You might want to talk to your parents about planing for it if the need arises. There are some very good nursing homes out there its just the few bad onesget the press!
Call around see if can get a tour of the home (also you could pop in when they dont expect you but do take a tour)!
some things to look/ask for
* How clean is it?
* Do they look happy there?
* How many to a room?
* Could husband and wife go in the same room?
* Try and see how the staff act with the residents!
* How much and what does that cover?
* Why should i pick this home?
* What actives do they offer (some will have an extra charge)
* Does it have a bus so they haave days out?
* Will they take them to appointments if you cant eg x-ray etc
* Do they take residents on hoildays (mine does)!
* Talk to staff & the people + their familys do the like there?
* Could they live there?
Most of all does it feel like a home not a nursing home?
Nursing home is different from Assisted Living. You only need to meet legal requirements for ALF if you want to get state or insurance money. Many seniors will happily rent a room from you and pay you additional for meals, various assistance that is NOT nursing. It could range from driving them to the store once a week to daily bathing and personal services. It depends what you want to do and what they need and what your home is set up to offer. Just be clear before they move in and have some kind of written agreement as well as a plan for what happens when they need more than you can give. You can't just throw them out on the street if they suddenly have a stroke or something.
Of course you can, Never sign all assets over to anyone.
Medicaid reimbursement RATES don't change.
However, if this is one corporation selling to another corporation, the new owner has to be approved to be a medicaid provider in order to get paid.
If there's no ownership change, and one stockholder just sold all their stock to another entity, then there's really no legal ownership change, and you don't need to do anything.