Abuses and Excuses: How To Hold Bad Nursing Homes Accountable

by Jeffrey Powless

Overview

Abuses and Excuses breaks new ground in helping patients and families hold bad nursing homes accountable, sharing a wealth of insider strategies and insights that show, step-by-step, how tho hold the nursing home industry accountable for abuse and neglect.  It's an eye opening account of corporate greed, acts of neglect and abuse, an insidious industry culture of cover-up, and the actual harm that inevitably befalls vulnerable nursing home patients all across the country with shocking frequency.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780999027011
Publisher:	Boatdock Publishing
Publication date:	09/01/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	420
File size:	3 MB

Table of Contents

Begin Here: Making a Difference

PART I: THE PERFECT STORM

1. Why Bother?

2. Tip of the Iceberg.

3. A Perfect Storm in the Making

PART II: THE HARM

4. Pressure Sores

5. Falls

6. Medication "Errors"

7. Physical, Sexual and Psychological Abuse

8. The List Goes On: Examples of Other Harms

PART III: EMPOWERMENT

9. You Have a Right to Medical Records

10. Engaging an Ombudsman

11. Your Right to a State Investigation: Filing a Complaint

12. Researching Nursing Homes

13. Filing a Criminal Complaint

14. Filing a Civil Lawsuit

15. What to Expect: Nursing Home Excuses & Tactics

16. Fighting Laws That Protect Bad Nursing Homes - Part I: The Arbitration Hurdle

17. Fighting Laws That Protect Bad Nursing Homes - Part II: Arbitrary Caps on Damages

Right Now

About the Author

Bibliography