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Embassy of Lyndhurst

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, also known as CMS, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, has a Center for Clinical Status and Quality/Quality Safety and Oversight Group. This group monitors nursing homes. They hav… Read More
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Resident on Resident Assault

I recently read an article about a disagreement between two residents at a local nursing home in Scioto County. During the argument, a female resident pushed her walker into a male resident. She threw a cup of ice in his face. He pushed her walker ba… Read More
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$83M Fraud Case Against Nursing Home Group May Proceed, With No Defendants Excused

A New York Supreme Court judge threw out all arguments from lawyers for an embattled group of nursing homes that sought to have charges dismissed in a case accusing the owners and operators of $83 million in Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Judge Melissa… Read More
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Frequently Asked Questions About Civil Cases Involving Sexual Assault

Here at The Dickson Firm we are very much committed to representing and supporting survivors of sexual assault. We support the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center. We endeavor to do all that we can for survivors. One of the questions that we often get asked… Read More
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What is the Difference Between a Nursing Home and an Assisted Living Facility?

We often get phone calls from potential clients about poor care in certain facilities. Sometimes the caller thinks the facility is a nursing home when in fact it is an assisted living facilities. Oftentimes the owners of these facilities give their f… Read More
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Can Falls Be Prevented in a Nursing Home?

One of the most common types of cases that we handle here at The Dickson Firm involve a nursing home resident who has fallen. Tragically, when a nursing home resident falls, they can suffer a fracture, they can suffer a head injury, they can suffer a… Read More

Celebrating Mother’s Day in the Nursing Home

Having just celebrated another Mother’s Day, many of us may have traveled long distances to visit with our mothers and our grandmothers. Many of us may not live close to our mothers and grandmothers and, as a result, we may not be able to see them… Read More
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Nursing Homes Wield Pandemic Immunity Laws to Duck Wrongful Death Suits

This is a KFF Health News story. In early 2020, with reports of COVID-19 outbreaks making dire headlines, Trever Schapers worried about her father’s safety in a nursing home in Queens. She had delighted in watching her dad, John Schapers, blow… Read More
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The Laurels of Chagrin Falls

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Ohio Department of Health, inspect all the nursing homes in Ohio on a regular basis to determine if they are providing the quality of care that Medicare and Medicaid require in order to p… Read More
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Willow Park Convalescent Home

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Ohio Department of Health, inspect all the nursing homes in Ohio on a regular basis to determine if they are providing the quality of care that Medicare and Medicaid require in order to p… Read More