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Assisted Living is for a person who requires some but not full assistance. This include care services like: Assistance with the activities of daily living (personal care) and medication management and administration A nursing home is for a person who is fully dependent on others for most or all of their activities of daily living…
Make sure that someone such as your doctor, lawyer or family member knows that you have an advance directive and where it is located. Consider the following: If you have designated a healthcare surrogate, give a copy, or the original of the written designation form to the person. Give a copy of the advance directive…
Nurses in hospitals and nursing homes are supposed to keep track of your vital signs on a regular basis. If they don’t, you or a loved one could actually die unnecessarily. “Vital” means “necessary to the maintenance of life.” They mean it. If healthcare providers know soon enough after your vital signs start to become…
A lot of people believe that Medicare pays for nursing home care. In fact, Medicare covers very limited nursing home care. They cover up to 100 days of “skilled nursing care” per illness, and there are requirements that must be met before they will cover your nursing home stay.
No, that is not possible. That would be illegal. Your attorney is hired to act in your best interest and that’s why they are entrusted with money.
When a person dies due to negligence or because of the action of another person, it is a wrongful death in the eyes of the law. Wrongful death lawsuits can encompass many different types of cases and deaths, and due to their nature, they can be quite complicated. If you have someone in your family…
The most important thing, if you have been involved in an accident, is for you to recover. Your attorney can’t start doing anything if you are not released from hospital or recovered from injuries. Next step is collecting medical bills, employment records and other necessary documents. After that you should get an offer from the…
Our indiscriminate overuse of antibiotic medicine has given rise to a super-bacteria known as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that has developed immunity to many antibiotic treatments. Now, doctors and healthcare providers must diagnose and treat infections that can turn deadly much faster than previously known bacterial infections. If MRSA is not accurately diagnosed or treated,…
Some people call this an independent medical examination. However, it is anything but independent. Your legal opponent pays for it and chooses the doctor who conducts it. Your opponent will choose a doctor known by your opponent to give opinions favorable to your opponent. That is why I call this a compulsory medical examination and…
Personal injury claims are not just about seeking compensation for an injury. It has a much greater purpose, it’s about justice for victims. Also, a personal injury claim ensures proper medical care, a lot of money from most settlements goes for medical expenses. Claim cant is successful without a serious injury and a liable party…