Elder Neglect

CALIFORNIA ENACTS LAWS TO PROTECT ELDERS IN RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY (RCFE)

Recently, Governor Brown signed several bills that were part of the RCFE Reform Act of 2014. These bills became effective in 2015 and will help protect residents at Residential Care Facilities (RCFE) from abuse and/or neglect. The bills will implement several changes, including, increasing staffing at RCFEs and increasing fines/penalties against RCFEs that mistreat residents. …

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NEW CASE CONCLUDES THAT THE FAILURE TO KEEP ACCURATE MEDICAL RECORDS FOR NURSING HOME RESIDENTS IS A VIOLATION OF THEIR RIGHTS

On February 23, 2015, the California Court of Appeal published the decision of Lemaire vs. Covenant Care California, LLC. In the case, a resident’s daughter filed a lawsuit against a Covenant Care nursing home alleging that the facility violated her mother’s rights by failing to have nurses’ notes be clear and legible, dated and signed…including …

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BEDSORES IN NURSING HOMES AND RCFES ARE AVOIDABLE

Often times facilities will take the position that a facility acquired bedsore or pressure sore was “unavoidable.” Facilities will often say that a bedsore developed “overnight” or that a sore is not due to pressure, but due to a patient’s decreased vascularity. In truth, facility acquired pressure sores are due to neglect and the failure …

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PLACEMENT OF OUR LOVED ONES IN NURSING HOMES AND RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES CAN OFTEN CAUSE GUILT

Families often struggle with the decision to place an older loved one into a nursing home, residential care facility and/or assisted living facility. Loved ones struggle with the difficult decision of having to place the care of a loved one into the hands of a third party. They must balance this difficult decision with the …

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