No, you should not have to pay extra to make sure your loved one’s needs are met in a Kentucky nursing home. However, you may need to supplement if you want your loved one to have care—such as beauty services and private duty nursing—that is…
COPD, or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, makes it hard to breathe. Nursing home residents with COPD need a proper diagnosis and treatment plan to live as comfortably as possible. Unfortunately, when nursing home negligence occurs and the staff fails to recognize COPD symptoms or fails…
On August 25, 2014, the Commonwealth of Kentucky began making the Kentucky Adult Caregiver Misconduct Registry available online for free to authorized users. Nursing homes and similar employers can access the Registry 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. It…
The law does not require that bedsores reach a certain stage before an injured nursing home resident can pursue a lawsuit. However, the bedsore stage can be significant in determining damages. Why Bedsore Stages Matter Bedsore staging provides a general guideline about the severity of…
Yes, you may have a personal injury or wrongful death case against a hospice provider if their staff was negligent. Hospice provides palliative care that is designed to keep your loved one physically and emotionally comfortable at the end of her life. Hospice services may…
Payroll-based journal (PBJ) data contains critical information about nursing home staffing levels. Since 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) have required nursing homes to submit this data to the agency. Before CMS required PBJ data reporting, many nursing homes self-reported staffing levels, and…