Elder Law

Questions About Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements

By Levin & Perconti

FAQ: Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements

When an individual or a family member has to make the difficult decision about residing in a nursing home, often in emergencies, they should not be forced to sign away their legal rights through mandatory arbitration agreements. But nursing homes often present residents with these optional contracts, buried within admission paperwork, and introduced as standard. When, in fact, pre-dispute arbitration agreements do not have to be signed. Instead, the deals make room for nursing home owners to bypass a judge and jury in the event of abuse and neglect and allow wrongdoers to hide behind an arbitrator’s closed doors to resolve issues. The work is done before arbitrators who frequently work with nursing facilities and leave victims without a guarantee of justice served.

Q: What is a pre-dispute arbitration agreement?

Full post as published by Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog on September 21, 2020 (boomark / email).