When a family brings a loved one to a nursing home, they are placing an immense amount of trust in the long-term care facility and its staff to provide exceptional care and attention, as well as dignity and respect.  When this trust is broken, and an elderly individual suffers a significant injury, psychological abuse, or read more...

Nursing homes that accept funding from Medicaid or Medicare must comply with rigid regulations and requirements.  Under federal law, nursing home and long-term care residents have the right to be free from sexual, verbal, physical, and mental abuse, as well as corporal punishment, neglect, and involuntary seclusion.[1]  They also have the right to a safe read more...

Yes. Except with respect to certain very limited conditions, nursing homes are almost always liable for bedsores (also called pressure sores or decubitus ulcers). read more...

Nursing homes have a duty to protect residents from injury.  Residents who have known ambulatory issues (such as difficulty walking, fainting, or moving from a bed to a wheelchair, etc.) should not be left to walk or to move from a bed unattended. read more...

Nursing homes often fail to perform interdisciplinary assessments (IA’s) to identify residents at risk for choking, or to follow the resident care plan created from the IA (like giving the resident only blended food or assisting the resident with eating). When a nursing home fails in these or other obligations and a resident is injured or dies as a result, the nursing home may be liable.   read more...

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced sweeping nursing home reform legislation designed to increase transparency, hold nursing home operators accountable for misconduct. The New Legislation will focus on: Increasing transparency through measures requiring the posting of provider rates, identifying facility owners, disclosing contracts and agreements that rely on Medicaid or Medicare funds, and including information about staff, read more...

A CNY nursing home didn’t call cops after sex offender abused resident 3 separate times. Oswego, N.Y. nursing home did not call police after a registered sex offender living in the facility repeatedly sexually abused a female resident suffering from dementia, according to the state. Pontiac Nursing Home in Oswego failed to consistently monitor the read more...

Scott Karson, President of the New York State Bar Association has appointed Bill Friedlander to a new task force focused on the impact of COVID-19 on Nursing homes. The Task Force will take a hard look at the statutory and regulatory framework under which nursing homes and long-term care facilities operate and make recommendations for change where needed. read more...

At Friedlander & Mosher we believe that the health and safety of you and your loved ones is of the highest priority, especially during this unprecedented time of the Coronavirus. As we navigate through this pandemic, we understand that accidents, injuries, acts of nursing home negligence, and even the wrongful death of a loved one read more...

Life planning requires more than just an estate plan. Learn what you should do now to avoid burdening your loved ones with difficult decisions and tasks. read more...