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$2M Arkansas Assisted Living Wrongful Death Settlement

July 21, 2023

$2M Assisted Living Wrongful Death Settlement: On May 25, 2023, a wrongful death lawsuit filed against an Arkansas assisted living facility was settled for $2 million. The wrongful death lawsuit alleged that Brookfield Assisted Living LLC, which operated an assisted living facility in Bella Vista, A[...]

$12.5M Wrongful Death Judgment Against Florida Assisted Living Facility

April 14, 2023

$12.5M Judgment Against Assisted Living Facility: In January 2023, a $12.5 million default judgment was entered against A Place to Grow, which was an assisted living facility located in Brandon, Florida until in closed in September 2022, in favor of the family of a 59-year-old resident who resided i[...]

Assisted Living Facilities Statistics In The United States

December 10, 2022

Assisted Living Facilities Statistics In The United States: The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) is the largest association in the United States representing long term and post-acute care providers, with more than 14,000 member facilities. A[...]

Arkansas Living Assisted Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed For Woman Who Died In The Woods

November 25, 2022

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed For Woman Who Died In The Woods: The Estate of Barbara Doyle has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against The Brookfield Assisted Living and Memory Care at Highland Crossing and Brookfield Assisted Living LLC for the death of Doyle who was observed leaving the assisted liv[...]

$310K Montana Wrongful Death Verdict Against Assisted Living Facility

March 29, 2022

On January 28, 2022, a federal jury in Billings, Montana reached a verdict against Canyon Creek Memory Care of Billings, an assisted living memory care facility, in the amount of $310,000, for the death of a 73-year-old man who died five days after being beaten by another patient. The decedent had b[...]

Nursing Home Costs And Assisted Living Costs In The United States (2021)

February 25, 2022

The national median costs associated with all long-term care service providers increased in 2021 compared to 2020. The cost of Assisted Living Facilities (ALF) has risen an average of 4.65% since 2020, with the annual national median for a private, one-bedroom arrangement at these facilities reporte[...]

Florida Appellate Court Finds Assisted Living Facility’s Arbitration Agreement Not Unconscionable

December 24, 2021

The District Court of Appeal of Florida Second District (“Florida Appellate Court”) held in its Octiber 13, 2021 opinion that “the trial court erroneously concluded that the [defendant assisted living facility’s] arbitration agreement is unconscionable.” Underlying Fact[...]

99% Of U.S. Nursing Homes Face Staffing Shortages

September 28, 2021

A recent survey conducted by the American Health Care Association found that 99% of nursing homes and 96% of assisted living facilities in the United States are facing staffing shortages. The survey also found that 99% of nursing homes and 100% of assisted living facilities have requested current st[...]

Survey Finds 94% Of U.S. Nursing Homes Face Staffing Shortages

July 13, 2021

The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) conducted a survey of 616 nursing homes and 122 assisted living communities across the U.S., inquiring about challenges they face in their workforce. The survey found that almost three-fourths of nursing homes a[...]

Texas Appellate Court Holds Fall Due To Crack In Assisted Living Sidewalk Not Health Care Liability Claim

May 26, 2021

The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in its split-decision En Banc Opinion filed on May 3, 2021: “Here, the standards on which Faber bases her claim do not implicate Collin Creek’s duties as a health care provider or its duties to [...]

Seattle Assisted Living Facility To Pay $8M To Settle Sexual Abuse Lawsuit

April 24, 2021

The Associated Press (AP) reported that a Seattle assisted living facility’s insurance company has agreed to settle a lawsuit that alleged that the assisted living facility’s lax supervision of an employee resulted in the ability of the employee to repeatedly rape and sexually abuse a vu[...]

South Carolina Supreme Court Refuses To Enforce Assisted Living Facility Arbitration Agreement

March 28, 2021

The Supreme Court of South Carolina, in its opinion dated March 10, 2021, held: “Under the facts of this case, neither the GDPOA [General Durable Power of Attorney] nor the HCPOA [Health Care Power of Attorney] granted Arredondo authority to execute the arbitration agreement. Therefore, we rev[...]

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