The Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration recently added an local nursing home Brookdale Palmer Ranch to its “Watch List.”  Brookdale Palmer Ranch Skilled Nursing Facility is located at 5111 Palmer Ranch Parkway in Sarasota, Florida.  In November, 2014, this facility was cited for, among other things, failing to obtain and implement physician’s orders for immediate […]

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] I often receive calls from local citizens who are searching for a nursing home for the placement of a loved one.   As a nursing home abuse lawyer who handles cases in Sarasota, Venice, Englewood, Bradenton and throughout much of Florida, I examine complaint and annual surveys of area nursing homes.  […]

As a Venice nursing home abuse lawyer, I am often asked why the quality of nursing home care in Florida and in Venice and Sarasota, in particularly, is so poor.  Most people are shocked to learn that, as of 2005, Medicare ranked Sarasota County as the fifth worst county in the entire nation for nursing […]

Nursing home arbitration agreements are not something that more people give a lot of thought to.  They should.  Following a hospitalization, rehabilitation in a nursing home is frequently required for those overcoming a prolonged illness or surgery.  The hospital may be eager to free its bed and desire to push the patient out as quickly as […]