Imagine your loved one is severely neglected in a nursing home that promised to provide 24-hour, specialized care.  He or she becomes severely dehydrated, or develops pressure sores, malnutrition or widespread sepsis and infection, or a combination thereof.  They are rushed to the hospital where doctors denounce the treatment they received and urge you to look into what happened to them at the nursing home.

You talk to a nursing home neglect and elder abuse attorney who tells you there is clear evidence of neglect; that the facility was well aware of the problems in they company, but did little or nothing to address them, other than ask residents or their loved ones to sign an arbitration agreement at admission, which prevents you from bringing a lawsuit against the facility.  CMS, the Center for Medicare Services, is considering banning this practice.

Recently NPR did a piece addressing this is.  The Law Firm of Sean R. Laird urges you to NEVER sign an arbitration agreement and to support the proposed changes banning them in nursing home admissions.

Find the full article here:

Suing a Nursing Home Could Get Easier Under Proposed Federal Rules

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