Federal law allows nursing homes to evict residents for six reasons: they are healthy enough to return home; they require care not offered at the nursing home; they risk the health of other residents or staff; they endanger the safety of other residents or staff; they do not pay their bills; or the nursing home [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Financial Exploitation of the Elderly'
According To The Wall Street Journal, Nursing Homes Are Forcing Out Frail And Ill Residents In An Effort To Replace Them With Shorter-Term Residents Likely To Bring More Revenue
August 13th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Assisted Living Facilities · Financial Exploitation of the Elderly · Governmental or Public Benefit Programs · Health Issues · Legal Rights of the Disabled · Nursing Homes
Financial Exploitation of an Elder May Have Negative Consequences if the Elder Later Applies for Medicaid Benefits
April 28th, 2008 · No Comments
I recently litigated two different cases in the Superior Court, Union County, each involving the financial exploitation of the elderly. In one case, a non-relative “friend” took a frail, elderly widow into her home as a tenant. The elderly widow had no family in NJ. The friend acted as caregiver for the elder, and the [...]
Tags: Financial Exploitation of the Elderly · Medicaid Applications · Medicaid Planning