The San Diego Union-Tribune is reporting a nursing home patient died while in the home’s care for rehab post hip surgery. The patient had fallen one time, so he was a known fall risk. The nursing home put a monitor on him which notified the staff whenever he got out of bed. The patient got [...]
Arbitration clauses are one-sided, non-consensual agreements found in nursing home admission agreements (i.e. contracts) that waive a person’s right to a jury trial. They are a take-it or leave-it proposition in that a family either must sign the agreement or forgo skilled nursing home care for their loved one. Multiple studies have shown these agreements [...]