ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER
Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes
Resident Dumping
California public interest groups are fighting a growing trend in nursing homes of sending Medi-Cal patients to hospitals and then refusing to allow them to return. This practice is known as “resident dumping.” The Alameda County and California nursing home abuse attorneys at Evans Law Firm Inc. represent nursing home abuse victims throughout California and want to bring the troubling trend of resident dumping to your attention. If you or someone you know is suffering from nursing home abuse in Alameda County or elsewhere in California, call the nursing home abuse attorneys at Evans Law Firm today at 415-441-8669, and we can help.
According to the watchdog and support nonprofit California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR), increasingly California nursing homes are dumping Med-Cal residents in hospitals and refusing readmission. According to a complaint filed against one nursing home chain, nursing homes do this in an effort to increase revenues and make space for more lucrative Medicare and private pay patients. Under federal law, states must provide a “fair hearing” for nursing home residents who claim that they have been illegally evicted. In the reported case, the nursing home resident prevailed at such a hearing and the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) ordered her readmission. The nursing home refused and suit was brought.
Public interest groups such as CANHR, AARP and the California Long Term Care Ombudsman Association (CLTCOA) are joining in the fight against illegal nursing home evictions. These illegal evictions are an example of the nursing home abuse seniors suffer. California nursing home abuse attorney Ingrid Evans represents families and victims of nursing home abuse throughout California. Nursing home abuse includes neglect, physical and emotional abuse, abandonment, eviction, negligent and reckless care, overmedication, denial of services, and sexual abuse. If you or a loved one has been the victim of nursing home abuse, call Ingrid Evans and the other nursing home abuse attorneys today at Evans Law Firm Inc. at (415)441-8669.
As Kelly Bagby of AARP Foundation Litigation stated, “Resident dumping is a growing trend and serious danger to seniors in California. Until the State does something, our only recourse is going to be filing suits like this. Three years ago the federal government told California that it had to enforce these orders, and it has done nothing. The time has come for the State to protect its elderly citizens and stop this abusive practice.”
Contact Us
If you or a loved one is or has been the victim of nursing home abuse in any California county, contact Ingrid Evans and the other nursing home abuse attorneys at the Evans Law Firm at (415) 441-8669, or by email at <a href=”mailto:info@evanslaw.com”>info@evanslaw.com</a>. We can help guide your case through a jury trial or toward an equitable settlement. We handle cases involving physical and financial elder abuse, qui tam and whistleblower law, nursing home abuse, whole life insurance and universal life insurance, and indexed, variable, and fixed annuities.
