• 4 May 2015

  Cameras Inside Nursing Homes: Extra Security or Invasion of Privacy?

  • By Barry Sugarman

    May 4th, 2015

  What’s more important: privacy or security? That’s the question that many families with loved ones in nursing homes are having to ask themselves. Consider Allentown resident Stuart Sanderson. He has cerebral palsy and recently lost his ability to speak. His family set up a webcam in his nursing home so [..]

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• 29 Apr 2015

  When Home Health Aides Become the Problem Instead of the Solution

  • By Barry Sugarman

    April 29th, 2015

  Home health aides are supposed to be “your eyes and ears” when you can’t be close to your elderly family member. You seek out someone you believe to be qualified and, often, have to rely on agencies to provide candidates for you. Unfortunately, even when you ask all the right [..]

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• 27 Apr 2015

  Are You Your Brother’s Keeper? Maybe Not, but if Not You, Who?

  • By Barry Sugarman

    April 27th, 2015

  Siblings share a special kind of bond sometimes not fully understood by outsiders. So, it’s completely understandable that you would be extremely distraught to learn that your brother or sister was being abused in the nursing home you believed would take care of them. Unfortunately, it often falls to siblings [..]

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• 22 Apr 2015

  NJ Home Health Company Guilty of Medicaid Fraud

  • By Barry Sugarman

    April 22nd, 2015

  A New Jersey federal judge accepted a guilty plea Monday from the owner of HHCH Heath Care Inc., Irina K rutoyarsky. She admitted to being involved in a conspiracy to defraud Medicaid out of around $7 million. A former owner of a home health care company pled guilty in New [..]

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• 22 Apr 2015

  Caregivers in Crisis: When Caring for an Elderly Family Member Becomes Too Much

  • By Barry Sugarman

    April 22nd, 2015

  Over 44 million Americans shoulder the responsibility of caring for an aging loved one. Whether it’s through monetary support, housing, medical care or other methods, more and more American families are feeling increased pressure about the emerging care needs of the older family members. Recent data suggests that Americans spend [..]

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