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Covers nursing home abuse, elder abuse, and other elder law issues with a focus on California.

Author: Randall Walton practices at Walton Barber, which has offices in San Diego and Carlsbad, Calif.

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Recent Posts from Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Blog

Nursing Home Fined Because of Neglect
A nursing home called Valley Gardens Health Care and Rehabilitation in Stockton, California has received an “AA” citation from the California Department of Public Health due the neglect of one of its residents. The AA…
Ombudsman Program Not Effectively Addressing Elder Abuse Complaints
In a strongly worded report, the California Senate Office of Oversight and Outcomes recommended major reforms to the California long-term care ombudsman program. The responsibility of the Ombudsman program is to investigate and resolve complaints…
New State Laws Impact In-Home Care Services
Starting yesterday, new California regulations will require finger printing and a criminal background check for all new in-home caregivers before the caregivers can get paid. The law, enacted to help prevent fraud and elder abuse,…
Psychotropic Drugs: What You Should Know.
The Chicago Tribune recently published a brief article called 5 Things to Know about Psychotropics, which I thought I would pass along to you. Here are the five things: Your rights: A nursing facility cannot…
Being Evicted from an Assisted Living Facility? Know Your Rights.
If you or a loved one is being threatened by eviction from your assisted living facility (or residential care facility), it is important to know that the law is on your side. Under the California…
Schwarzenegger Vetoes Bill to Reduce Drugging of Nursing Home Residents
Governor Schwarzenegger has vetoed SB 303, a proposed law that would require doctors to inform residents about the dangers of psychotropic medications, and require nursing homes residents to give consent before such drugs can be…
Medicare Paid Your Hospital Bills and It Wants Its Money Back!
Most plaintiff attorneys who represent elderly injury victims have a nightmare story in dealing with the Medicare Secondary Payer Act. The Act requires any Medicare beneficiary who is injured by a third-party, and then collects…
Fallbrook Nursing Home Fined
The Fallbrook Hospital District Skilled Nursing Facility was fined $90,000 by the California Department of Health in a case involving the fall and subsequent death of a resident. The citation was the most severe of…
Funding Cuts Imperil U.S. Nursing Homes
At the end of last week, a Medicare rate adjustment that cuts $16 billion in nursing home funding went into effect. That cut, combined with state cuts, is creating conditions that are likely to put…
Nursing Homes House Felons with Elderly
California should take heed. Illinois has been housing mentally ill felons with the elderly in state nursing homes and the results have not been pretty. An elderly woman was raped by an ex-convict, a frail…