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Care Facilities
23
Sep

Resolution To Reform Harsh Practices By Assisted Living Facilities Passes New Jersey Assembly

September 23, 2009
Like most other states, New Jersey’s system of regulating assisted living facilities provides little meaningful...
22
Sep

Preliminary Injunction Blocks California From Reducing Medicaid Benefits Due To Budget Cuts

September 22, 2009
On September 10, 2009, a federal district court in Northern California issued a preliminary injunction...
10
Sep

How Does The VA Treat Continuing Care Retirement Communities In Evaluating Claims For Pension Benefits?

September 10, 2009
Following is an exchange posted on a electronic bulletin board devoted to the discussion of...
05
Aug

A Nurse Can Offer Expert Testimony On Causation In A Nursing Home Malpractice Case

August 5, 2009
The case of Detloff v. Absecon Manor Nursing Center, Docket No. A-5941-07T2 (App. Div., August...
15
Jul

Statistical Trends In the Number And Characteristics Of Nursing Home Residents

July 15, 2009
Here is updated information on trends in the characteristics and numbers of nursing home residents...
20
Apr

New Jersey's Public Advocate Says Assisted Living Company 'Ruthlessly' Evicted Residents Once They Went on Medicaid

April 20, 2009
A national assisted living company broke its promises to elderly New Jersey residents by throwing...
25
Mar

Frail Elderly Nursing Home Residents Have Become Victims Of Younger, Stronger and Dangerous Mentally Ill

March 25, 2009
Over the past several years, nursing homes have become dumping grounds for young and middle-age...
08
Jan

Can The Costs Of Care In An Assisted Living Facility Be Deducted On Your Federal Individual Income Tax Returns As Medical Expenses?

January 8, 2009
The costs of nursing home care can be deducted on federal individual income tax returns...
01
Nov

This year, I was a Speaker at GANJI's 13th Annual Conference on Guardianship

November 1, 2008
This year, the Guardianship Association of New Jersey, Inc. (GANJI) held its 13th Annual Conference...
14
Oct

Second Circuit Rules that the Three-Day Hospitalization Requirement for Skilled Nursing Facility Coverage under Medicare Starts at Inpatient Admittance

October 14, 2008
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that until a patient is formally admitted to...
08
Oct

The October 17th edition of the Family Circle Magazine has a GREAT article on Collaborative Divorce

October 8, 2008
The word is really starting to get out about the collaborative divorce process! The October...
30
Sep

Report Finds That More Than 91% of Nursing Homes Violate Federal Health and Safety Laws in Each of the Past Three Years

September 30, 2008
More than 91 % of U.S. nursing homes were cited last year for violating at...
26
Sep

CMS Never Ending Penalty Period Rule Upheld in Appeal of Denial of Application for Assisted Living Facility Medicaid in New Jersey

September 26, 2008
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) states that the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005...
16
Sep

In an important case, a NJ administrative law judge decided that a bank account titled to a Medicaid applicant and another person does not automatically disqualify the applicant for Medicaid

September 16, 2008
New Jersey’s Office of Administrative Law recently issued a significant ruling that may make it...
20
Aug

Are VA Aid And Attendance Benefits Available For The Spouse Of A Veteran And, If So, How Much Can The Spouse Expect To Receive?

August 20, 2008
(The following is based upon a real discussion that recently took place on an elder...
13
Aug

According To The Wall Street Journal, Nursing Homes Are Forcing Out Frail And Ill Residents In An Effort To Replace Them With Shorter-Term Residents Likely To Bring More Revenue

August 13, 2008
Federal law allows nursing homes to evict residents for six reasons: they are healthy enough...
25
Jun

Nursing homes will get a star rating from the federal government to help consumers pick the best facilities

June 25, 2008
Nursing homes will get a “star rating” from the federal government to help consumers pick...
18
Jun

Recent article discusses federal and state legal safeguards against involuntary transfers or discharges of nursing home residents who receive or have applied for Medicaid benefits

June 18, 2008
A recent article in the NJ Lawyer newspaper examined the safeguards in federal and state...
01
Jun

Assisted-living facilities in South Jersey accused of evicting residents when savings gone

June 1, 2008
According to a recent article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, the New Jersey Office of the...
21
May

NJ Health Care Workers Protest Proposed Budget Cuts to Hospitals and Nursing Homes

May 21, 2008
Hundreds of health care workers braved windswept rain outside the Statehouse recently to protest nearly...
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