When you are admitted to a nursing home, you will be asked to sign an admission agreement that explains your rights and responsibilities and those of […]

How will you know if someone you love, who lives in a nursing home, is being abused? So often, seniors are unable or afraid to communicate […]

A Carmichael nursing home supervisor admitted she was ordered to alter medical records of a 92-year-old patient, who died after developing rotting bedsores. The state fined […]

Defendants have the burden of establishing the existence of a valid agreement to arbitrate. Pagarian v. Libby Care Center, Inc. (2002) 99 Cal. App. 4th 298, […]

The American Bar Association has asked that a proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid rule authorizing mandatory, pre-dispute arbitration in long-term care admissions contracts not be […]

Is there is no such thing as an unavoidable pressure ulcer,? although now the Federal Government seems to be saying otherwise. Or, are they really? We […]

Consumer groups are making a last ditch effort to stop the Trump administration from stripping nursing home residents and their families of the right to take […]

Subject: Re:  Avoidable / Unavoidable Pressure Sores Is there is no such thing as an unavoidable pressure ulcer,? although now the Federal Government seems to be […]

The Peck Law Group, a California Professional Law Corporation has been fighting / advocating for the rights of Nursing Home Residents in the State of California […]

Chronic Wounds Can Cause Severe Health Risks An acute wound that does not heal in an expected amount of time, typically within six weeks, is considered […]