Author: Denise M. Mariani
Senior Care Strategies: How to Prepare for Life’s Later Stages
Posted in Nursing Home
With continuing advances in medicine, nutrition, and wellness, people are living longer. We all want to age like the characters on the popular sitcom “Golden Girls,” whose “golden years” seem fabulous and filled with humor, as Dorothy constantly threatens to send her hilariously feisty mother, Sophia, to a nursing home…. Continue reading
New Jersey Intends to Suspend Two South Jersey Nursing Homes from Medicaid
Posted in Nursing Home, Nursing Home Fraud
The New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller’s (OSC) Medicaid Fraud Unit has moved to suspend two South Jersey nursing homes from New Jersey Medicaid, citing poor conditions at the facilities and evidence that their owners defrauded New York’s Medicaid program. The suspension is scheduled to begin on May 25…. Continue reading
Don’t Get Tricked into Hospice Care
Posted in Levels of Care
As an attorney who focuses on holding long-term care facilities accountable for negligent care and abuse of the sick and elderly, I often represent clients who were placed on palliative care, or hospice services. These cases often involve the failure of the skilled nursing facility to provide adequate care to… Continue reading
HHS and CFPB Work Together to Address Noncompliant Nursing Home Debt Collection Practices
Posted in Nursing Home Information
Through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has doubled down on its efforts to protect nursing home residents and caregivers from illegal debt collection practices. In response to concerns that some facilities are implementing illegal methods of guaranteeing payment… Continue reading
Nursing Homes Contribute to Spread Life-Threatening and Drug-Resistant Germs
Posted in Nursing Home
The rise and spread of drug-resistant germs, including infections and funguses, has been tied to nursing facilities and long-term care facilities. Due to lack of staff training on infection procedures, understaffing, and not being equipped to deal with serious infections, patients wind up being cycled through the hospital and back… Continue reading
Peggy’s Law Aims to Protect Nursing Home Residents from Abuse
Posted in Nursing Home
After an “accidental” fall in a Brick Township, New Jersey nursing home landed an Alzheimer’s patient in the hospital, the patient’s daughter advocated for more protection of the elderly. The elder abuse regulations geared to prevent elder abuse are finally law. Gov. Chris Christie signed Peggy’s Law (S-1219), named for… Continue reading
How Are You Listed on Your Automobile Insurance Policy: Named Insured vs. Authorized Driver
Posted in Injury Law, Motor Vehicle Accidents
I cannot stress enough the importance of knowing your listed “status” on your auto insurance policy. Are you a “named insured” or are you listed as an “authorized driver”. Continue reading
