by Spencer Aronfeld | Jan 9, 2017 | Nursing Home Abuse, Personal Injury News and Safety Resources
There are many different kinds of personal injury cases in Florida; the most common are car accidents and truck accidents, instances of medical malpractice, slip and fall incidents, and wrongful death claims. Lawsuits are filed every day by injured people and their families against other individuals, insurance companies, corporations, hospitals, and nursing homes. The majority [...]
by Spencer Aronfeld | Jun 17, 2013 | Nursing Home Abuse
In Florida the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) is a statutorily created administrative agency that serves as the chief health policy and planning entity for the state by regulating over 41,000 health care facilities and administering its $21.2 billion Medicaid program. Elizabeth Dudek is the head of AHCA, and she and her organization oversee [...]
by Spencer Aronfeld | Sep 12, 2012 | Nursing Home Abuse
There are over 15,000 nursing homes in the United States. Nursing home inspectors across the country find deficiencies and elder abuse every day. As a Miami nursing home injury lawyer, I recommend researching the home first to determine if it is safe and clean. Here are four ways to select the best Florida nursing home: [...]
by Spencer Aronfeld | Aug 22, 2012 | Nursing Home Abuse
As a Miami lawyer who sues hospitals , I believe that the most easily avoidable medical mistake is allowing a patient to develop a bedsore. Pressure ulcers or bed sores have been a longstanding challenge for health-care providers and a serious potentially life threatening injury for patients. Bedsores are tiny ulcers that occur to skin [...]
by Spencer Aronfeld | Aug 6, 2012 | Nursing Home Abuse
Anyone who has ever spent a night in a hospital, nursing home or rehab facility as an admitted patient knows that it is the last place on earth to get a good night's sleep. Monitors and alarms sound-off at all hours; as well as the occasional screaming patient. Nurses often wake patients up in the [...]
by Spencer Aronfeld | Aug 22, 2011 | Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home Abuse, Plastic Surgery Malpractice
As a Broward County medmal attorney, I do not agree with a recent report indicating that researchers from Harvard, University of Southern Californian and the Rand Corporation, finding that doctors who specialize in areas considered "low-risk" like pediatricians and psychiatrist are less likely to get sued in comparison with "high-risk" specialties like surgeons, particularly neurosurgeons. [...]