Nursing homes across the country have recently come under legal fire for varying degrees of mismanagement during the COVID-19 crisis. Because the novel coronavirus has caused such an unprecedented shift in healthcare protocol, proving negligent conduct in COVID-19 nursing home lawsuits will almost certainly require the support of a highly-qualified nursing home expert witness.
A nursing home expert witness can discuss:
How nursing home standards of care have been impacted by coronavirus
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) compliance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) compliance
Pandemic and quarantine protocols
Testing access and shortages
Protocols for restricting visitation and admitting new residents
Patient care protocol when homes are understaffed
Patient abandonment
“Good faith” care versus “gross negligence” as per new immunity bills
Best practices for health and safety with limited personal protective equipment (PPE)
Best practices for communicating with the families of residents
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Ms. Demetria Haffenreffer has over 49 years of experience in Long-Term Care Nursing. She earned her BSN from New York University and her MBA from Boston University. Today, this expert is a Registered Nurse in the states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Formerly, this expert served as the Geriatric Nurse Leader at Addison Gilbert Hospital, as an Education Coordinator at Northshore University Health System, and as Chief Quality Officer at Avamere Health Services Inc. ...
Mr. Lance R. Youles has 44 years of experience in the field of Nursing Home Administration. He earned his AS in Occupational Safety and Health and his BS in Health Services Administration from Ferris State University. Today, this expert is a Nursing Home Administrator in the state of Michigan. Formerly, this expert held roles as the Vice President at ServiceMaster Diversified Health Services, Inc. and as the Chief Operating Officer at MetroHealth Foundation, Inc. ...
This highly qualified expert has over 25 years of experience in hospice care, home health care, acute care, and assisted living healthcare management. She also possesses extensive knowledge of federal and state regulations pertaining to hospice and home health care and has developed and implemented policies pertaining to fall risk prevention. She obtained her BS in nursing from Rutgers University before receiving her MS in management from Rensselaer Polytechnic ...
This expert has over 25 years of experience in healthcare administration with the majority of his experience focused on eldercare and senior living facilities. He has managed facilities ranging from 75 to 269 beds, in settings ranging from critical care to long term care including cardiology, orthopedics, rehabilitation services, dementia care, and assisted living. This expert is a licensed nursing home administrator and a certified residential care facility for the ...
This highly qualified expert has over 30 years of experience in her field. She earned both her BS in healthcare and business administration and her MBA from the University of Houston Clear Lake. She is a certified healthcare financial professional and a licensed nursing facility administrator. She was formerly the program director at Mariner/Living Centers of America, the executive director at Memorial Hermann, and the senior vice president at Methodist Retirement ...
This highly qualified expert has 36 years of experience as a skilled care nursing facility director and attending physician. After earning his BS from Illinois State University and his MD from the University of Illinois, he completed a residency in family medicine at the University of Illinois. He also went on to earn his MBA from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts. This expert is board certified in family medicine with a specialization ...
This highly-qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in internal medicine and nearly 15 years of experience with nursing home care. She received her BS in biology from Xavier University of New Orleans before earning her MD from the University of Maryland and completing her internal medicine residency at Temple University. This expert is board-certified in internal medicine and certified in medical direction by the American Medical Directors Association. She is ...
This well-qualified expert has been in the field of geriatric medicine for over 25 years. After earning his BA from Pitzer College, he went on to earn an MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health. He earned his MD from The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and went on to complete an Internal Medicine residency at Harbor UCLA Medical Center. He then completed a fellowship in geriatric medicine at Harvard Medical School and a postdoctoral ...
This qualified nursing home administration expert earned her BA in international hospitality management from the University of Tourism and Transport Studies and her MA in marriage and family therapy from Alliant International University. She is licensed in marriage and family therapy, residential care for the elderly and as a nursing home administrator. This expert has formerly served as a multi-site nursing home administrator for Elmcroft Senior Living and as a nursing ...
This expert served for many years as the Chief Research and Development Officer, President and Founder of a long-term care research and risk management company. He has conducted extensive research and analysis on a variety of public policy issues affecting the financing and delivery of long-term care services. He has published widely in scientific journals and his work has been quoted extensively. He has been interviewed by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and ...
This expert has been the managing partner of a homecare firm for more than twenty years. Arizona Business Magazine has ranked this expert's firm among the top home health care agencies in the state for several years running, and he has been a recipient of the Better Business Bureau’s Business Ethics Award Winner. Additionally, he was selected to the advisory board for the Arizona Attorney General’s Taskforce Against Senior Abuse, advising the Arizona Attorney General ...
This extremely qualified expert with licensed nursing home administrator with years of experience in the field. She received both her B.Ed. and M.Ed. degrees from the University of Toledo and completed her post-graduate training in healthcare and business administration at the University of North Carolina, the University of Toledo and Ashland University. She had fellow status at the American College of Healthcare Administrators and a member of several other professional ...
This case involves alleged elderly abuse by a nurse in a nursing home. The plaintiff, in this case, was a seventy-nine-year-old female who frequently attempted to walk the halls at night, which had been determined to be due to her…
This case involves a forty-seven-year-old male who presented to the ER with complaints of debilitating chest pain. The patient became hypotensive and bradycardic in the ER and developed seizure activity that lasted several minutes. The patient was given Atropine and…
This case involves a nurse who switched the drugs of two patients which caused one of them to suffer a severe adverse reaction. One week prior to the incident, the nurse had been transferred to a nursing home and was…
This case involves a resident of a nursing home who fell and was not found for several hours. The plaintiff, a ninety-year-old female, was a resident of a nursing home. On the day in question, the resident was leaving her…
This case involves the assault of a senior citizen by a nursing home worker. The plaintiff, a seventy-three-year-old female, suffered from Alzheimer’s. The plaintiff had to be monitored twenty-four hours a day, as she frequently wandered around the facility. The…
This case involves a six-month-old infant who was diagnosed with group B strep meningitis. Due to respiratory distress, the patient required intubation and a tracheotomy. For several months, the patient received constant nursing home care while a ventilator assisted his…
This case involves a ninety-two-year-old male resident of a nursing home facility who presented to the emergency room with altered mental status and confusion. The patient had recently been hospitalized for Legionella pneumonia, chronic kidney disease, and congestive heart failure.…
This case involves a thirteen-year-old male patient who was the victim of a drive-by shooting. The patient sustained a significant injury to the major vessels in the thorax, which required extensive thoracic surgery. After being stabilized, the patient was discharged.…
This case involves a ninety-four-year-old male resident of an extended care facility who presented to the emergency department with altered mental status and confusion. Nine months prior to the presentation, the patient had been hospitalized for pneumonia, chronic kidney disease,…