David R. Cohen, Shareholder and Chair of Stark & Stark's Nursing Home Litigation Group, has been appointed by the President Elect of the American Association for Justice to serve as a member of the Section & Litigation Group Coordination Committee. The 18 person committee is responsible for overseeing all litigation groups and sections in the American Association for Justice.
I read an article online recently which reports on the plan initiated by the Dubuque Retirement Community to give up its state license in order to avoid state regulation. Dubuque is treating the initiative as a pilot program which may be expanded to other Iowa care facilities. Dubuque, Iowa's largest assisted living center, will give up its license September 14, 2009 and become an unregulated retirement home. The residents' medical services will be provided by home health agencies, one of which is unregulated and owned by the facility's parent company.
The move concerns industry officials and senior citizen advocates because the move allows the company to deliver the same care to the same residents but without annual inspections, state oversight or sanctions for inadequate care.
You can read the full story online here.
Several hundred members of the 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East in addition to members of the community, elected officials and representatives from other labor unions marched at Castle Hill Health Care Center in Union City, New Jersey on July 8, 2009. The Rally for Justice was called in support of workers from four New Jersey nursing homes who have been struggling for a contract since 2007. Multimillionaire Avery Eisenreich, owner of the Omni chain of nursing homes, has refused to settle a fair contract that provides workers with a living wage.
You can read more on this story on the 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East’s website here.
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