Medicaid Limit: Some would have it that seniors transferring assets to achieve Medicaid eligibility is a widespread phenomenon.  Study after study has shown this assertion to […]

Nursing Home Petitions: The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear appeals of two state court decisions that nursing home residents’ descendants may bring wrongful death […]

Alabama Passes new Elder Abuse Legislation: Alabama lawmakers have passed two very similar bills that would make it easier to criminally charge people who abuse, neglect […]

A California elder care facility operator has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. In February, 2013, Silvia Cata, owner of the Sacramento-based Super Home Care, was charged with […]

California’s Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act The Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 15600 et seq.) […]

Assisted living facilities and the ability to arbitrate claims: At the age of 92 in December 2009, Barcenas became a resident of Sunrise with a diagnosis […]

The Elder Abuse Act in California The Elder Abuse Act defines abuse as “[p]hysical abuse, neglect, financial abuse, abandonment, isolation, abduction, or other treatment with resulting […]

Elder abuse is a complex issue covering a broad range of offenses, from physically harming older adults to stealing from them, states California Elder Abuse Lawyer […]

The Morristown, New Jersey-based BioAegis  Therapeutics is developing recombinant human plasma gelsolin to restore  plasma gelsolin levels in patients where it is depleted, particularly in  critical […]

The latest issue in the realm of Long Term Care is the withholding of payments for long term care claims.  Long Term Care Insurance is needed […]