Nursing homes continue to provide healthcare for our aging population whose needs require varying degrees of specialized care. For the practitioner with a nursing home issue, this handbook supplies the foundational knowledge to better serve both the plaintiff and the defendant. This updated edition covers nursing and medical issues, medical long-term care terminology, and federal and state regulations for long-term care facilities. Also detailed is the necessary documentation for a long-term care case and where it can be found, and samples of a real nursing home complaint and a pressure injury complaint for the practitioner’s use are included.
Chapter 1 — Federal and State Regulation of Long-Term Care Facilities
Tiffany E. Alberty, Jackson Lewis, P.C., Denver
Chapter 2 — Surveys — Licensure and Enforcement
Adam S. Guetzow and Elizabeth Heredia, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago
Chapter 3 — Involuntary Transfer and Discharge
Ari B. Kirshner and Peter Milenkovich, McCabe Kirshner, P.C., Lincolnwood
Chapter 4 — Long-Term Care Records
James M. Bream, Cray Huber Horstman Heil & Vanausdal LLC, Chicago
Chapter 5 — Medical Issues and Terminology in Long-Term Care
Patricia Cline, Values Forward For Health, LLC, Elgin
Chapter 6 — Nursing Issues in Long-Term Care
Patricia Cline, Values Forward For Health, LLC, Elgin
Chapter 7 — Plaintiff’s Perspective
Michael F. Bonamarte, Steven M. Levin, and Lauren E. Park, Levin & Perconti, Chicago
Chapter 8 — Defendant’s Perspective
James M. Bream and Anton J. Marqui, Cray Huber Horstman Heil & Vanausdal LLC, Chicago
