Nursing Home

Nursing Home Attorneys

Left to right: Brett C. Perry, Jeffrey W Van Wagner, Donald J. Richardson, James E. Stephenson and Steven J. Hupp

The defense of Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, other Long Term Care institutions and Home Health Care Agencies is a major focus of our practice.  Our attorneys have represented Nursing Homes and other facilities in cases involving allegations of falls due to improper or incomplete fall risk assessments, entrapment, pressure ulcers, medication error, dehydration, nutrition, sexual and physical abuse by staff, family and fellow residents, elopement and complex medical issues.  Due to our vast experience in medical issues, our firm is uniquely qualified to provide sophisticated defenses using the nation’s leading experts.

In addition to litigating these cases, our attorneys have experience in drafting system wide guidelines, policies and procedures and in providing risk management services and presentations to DONs and administrators.   Our firm provides an immediate response team to assist a facility in handling unexpected intervention or involvement by the ODH Surveyors, the ODH Fraud and Abuse Unit, the Ohio Attorney General’s office, various State Board investigations and to coordinate, conduct and supervise the investigation of untoward events.  The retention of counsel to coordinate the investigation of an event allows for a more comprehensive, detailed and confidential root cause analysis and determination of the full scope and nature of an event.