Families of nursing home residents beware
The National Senior Citizen Law Center recently reviewed nearly 200 admission agreements from Nursing Homes across the U.S. What they found was very disturbing, but not unexpected. At least it isn't to Kentucky nursing home lawyers.
It seems that nursing homes have been inserting language into their ad mission agreements that conflict with Federal and state law. In many instances, the agreements contained arbitration agreements. What nursing home neglect victims and their families don't often realize is that such provisions are almost universally unenforceable.
Clauses in nursing home agreements may violate the law
Kansas City Star, MO - Feb 2, 2008
... complex nursing home agreements, according to a new study. Although most presented few problems, some admission agreements skirt state and federal laws, ...