There are clouds on the horizon for many nursing homes in the Sunshine State as neglect and a lack of accountability have begun to take hold—yet the outlook could be far worse as few policy makers are willing to recognize the impending storm and the damage it might cause here in Florida. The severity of...Read More

A woman has been arrested in Florida after an investigation by the Medicaid Fraud branch of the Florida Attorney General’s office showed she had falsely claimed to be a nurse. First Coast News reports that Amy Suzanne Pohlman, 48, has been charged with two counts of practicing as a health care professional without a license....Read More

Florida has long been a retirement destination, and recent data from the Pew Research Center shows that Florida has the highest percentage (19.1%) of citizens over the age of 65 of every state in our nation. Because of this, it is vitally important that Florida residents of all ages remain aware of threats against the...Read More

Last week, the mayor of Miami made the opening remarks for a panel titled “Facing Miami’s Senior Care Crisis,” which was attended by a large number of nursing home caregivers who say they are not able to properly care for their patients because of understaffing and frightfully low wages. The Miami Herald reports that Mayor...Read More

In Florida, the family of a woman who died following a fall at her nursing home is suing the home for what they believe is her wrongful death. Jacksonville news source News4Jax reports that Nadine McBurnett was not given timely medical care after her fall at a facility on Old St. Augustine Road called Terrace...Read More

A Florida nursing home has been found by a consumer advocacy group to have “habitually violated state and federal healthcare regulations by providing inadequate, and at times negligent, care to residents at its facilities,” according to the Miami Herald. The Herald reports that Plaza Health Network, which operates seven nursing homes in Miami-Dade County, was...Read More

Earlier this month, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that they would be making sweeping reforms to the standard of care required in our nursing homes and long-term care facilities. These changes will include increased training for caregivers to address patients with dementia or behavioral issues, enhanced nutrition guidelines and requirements,...Read More

Learning that your loved one may be suffering from abuse or neglect in a nursing home is a devastating experience. If this happens to you, then you may have the option of filing a civil lawsuit against the nursing home that will let you recover damages for continuing care of your loved one (most likely...Read More

The decision to place your loved ones in a nursing home is often a difficult one. Of course, you’ve done everything possible to ensure that they’ll receive the care and attention they need to thrive in their new setting—but unfortunately, not all nursing homes provide the standard of care that you’d expect. When you’re not...Read More