It’s become a necessary but unwanted trend across the state: counties that still own nursing homes are deciding to cut back on service or find new sources of money to make up for declining medical assistance payments. It’s cutting into their revenue while costs such as pay and benefits for…
It’s an unfortunate situation that’s being played out in nursing homes across the country: antipsychotic drugs being used on residents of long-term care facililties as chemical restraints. According to TheConsumerVoice.org, patients in these facilities are being placed on antipsychotic medications, even though they have no proper diagnosis to warrant their…
Wishing you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at O’Connor Law.
Instead of preparing for the holidays, residents of a Berks County nursing home are preparing to find a new place to live. That’s because this week, the owner of Golden Ridge Personal Care Home in Robesonia announced that they will be closing due to taxes owed to the Internal Revenue…
It doesn’t often receive the attention that breast cancer or prostate cancer receives, but what many people don’t know is that pancreatic cancer is the 4th leading cause of cancer related deaths. But health professionals and researchers are trying to change that by increasing the public’s awareness of this disease.…
According to the 10th annual MetLife survey of eldercare costs, the national average annual cost for a private nursing home room climbed to $90,520 this year. Semi-private rooms went up to $81,030 and assisted living residencies increased to $42,6000. The costs are spelled out in detail in an article on…
Pinecrest Manor in St. Marys, Elk County, has something to brag about: they’ve been added to the top 4 percent of nursing homes nationwide. An article on TheCourierExpress.com explained that this achievement was reached because Pincrest had no deficiency on its resident care survey from the Pennsylvania Department of Health…
This year, the attorneys and staff of O’Connor Law pulled out all the stops to celebrate Halloween in spooktacular style. From vampires and cats to swammies and sports figures, nearly everyone donned a costume to participate in a scavenger hunt and costume contest. Atty. David Miller won Best Costume for…
Today applications will begin to be accepted for LIHEAP, the federally funded Low-Income Energy Assistance Program of the state Department of Welfare. The program offers grants to low-income families to help pay for heating bills. The grants do not have to be repaid. According to an article on the RepublicanHerald.com,…
Now that Hurricane Sandy has passed through our area, we hope that all of our staff, clients, and neighbors made it through with minimal damage. But as we recover from the storm, we’d like to remind everyone about the “Turn Around, Don’t Drive” law that was put in place in…