Post by: Kimberly Valentine This article is less about law and more about life. I am a plaintiff lawyer who has spent the past 24 years practicing in the area of elder abuse and neglect. And what I know for sure is that each and every one of us should be very, very concerned about …
Post by: Kimberly Valentine There was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning, he was really splendid. He was fat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be. The velveteen rabbit’s friend was the Skin Horse. The Skin Horse had lived longer than any of the other toys. He was so old that his brown …
In March of 2021, multiple California state legislators have joined together to propose a package of bills to promote Nursing Home reform, transparency, and to provide protections to consumers and residents of nursing homes. Senator Stern and Assembly-members Muratsuchi, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Nazarian, and Reyes introduced a seven-bill package collectively known as the Priorities Responsible Ownership, …
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Kimberly Valentine was honored as a Super Lawyer for the year 2020. Ms. Valentine was also rated as one of the “Top 50” Super Lawyers for Orange County in 2020. Click here to read the full article.
Jennifer Turner was named as a Super Lawyers Rising Star for the year 2019. Ms. Turner was also rated as one of the “Up-and-Coming 25” Super Lawyer Rising Stars for Orange County in 2019. Click here to read the full article
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Guardians can sell the assets and control the lives of senior citizens without their consent—and reap a profit from it. The New Yorker | October 9, 2017 Issue For years, Rudy North woke up at 9 a.m. and read the Las Vegas Review-Journal while eating a piece of toast. Then he read a novel—he liked James Patterson and Clive …
As the population ages, the ability to find a proper nursing home becomes increasingly important to us on both a personal level for our loved ones, and a professional level for our clients.
A Mission Viejo-based nursing-home operator, Ensign Group Inc., has agreed to pay $48 million to settle allegations regarding inflated bills to Medicare for therapy sessions that were either unnecessary or never took place. Ensign incentivized therapists to increase the amount of therapy provided to their patients in an effort to meet planned targets for Medicare revenue,regardless …
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