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Binding Arbitration in Nursing Homes

by Jack Zemlicka for the Wisconsin Law Journal August 24, 2009 Attorneys Look to Get Clients Out of a Bind Binding arbitration clauses are...

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New Form of Elder Fraud

Take a moment to read the following article that highlights an emerging form of elder abuse. The article was written by Joan Aragone for the San...

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Son Charged with Manslaughter After Neglecting Mother

The Seattle Times (WA) ran a story involving a 41-year-old man who neglected his mother and was charged with first-degree manslaughter after her death....

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Delaware Senior Exploited by Nurse

A 40-year-old woman was found guilty of financially exploiting and neglecting a disabled man who was in her care. Helen Lloyd first met the...

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Assisted Living Concepts Evicts Medicaid Residents

The Menomonee Falls based Assisted Living Concepts is evicting residents of their assisted-living facilities when they become eligible for Medicaid. Since becoming publicly held,...

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Inner-Ear Imbalance Often Causes Falls Among Elderly

Researchers at Johns Hopkins may have unlocked potentially lifesaving clues to solving one of the most dangerous traumas facing the elderly and it may...

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Elder Financial Abuse Costs $2.6 Billion Annually

A recent report published by MetLife Mature Market Institute reveals that elder financial abuse costs older Americans more than $2.6 billion per year and...

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Daughters of Elderly Woman Charged with Neglect

The daughters of a Geneva woman are being charged with criminal abuse or neglect of an elderly person after their mother passed away in...

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Feingold to Introduce Arbitration Act

A recent poll conducted by Lake Research Partners shows Americans widely oppose corporations using mandatory binding arbitration clauses in the fine print of contracts....

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Minnesota Man Steals from 83-year-old Mother

Larry J. Bekis, 51, pleaded guilty to one count of theft by swindle in Ramsey County District Court. According to the criminal complaint, Bekis...

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Assisted Living Residents Evicted From Housing

A recent investigation found that a number of residents of assisted living facilities run by Assisted Living Concepts had been forced out of facilities when...

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Bill Would Eliminate Federal Nursing Home Bonus Payments

Source:  Des Moines Register (3 April 2009) Congress is considering legislation that would eliminate taxpayer-funded bonuses to nursing homes. The legislation is an amendment...

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Wisconsin Asked to Take Part in Medicare Pay Incentive Test

Medicare will launch a demonstration to determine if cash incentives will improve the quality of care in nursing homes. Nursing homes in Arizona, Mississippi,...

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Scamming the Elderly

The Wisconsin State Journal recently published an article unveiling a scam designed to target the elderly at this time of year. Apparently, scam artists...

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Improving Nursing Home Care

An article written by Geriatric experts at the University of Rochester Medical Center addresses concerns in the quality of long-term care currently being provided. The article,...