Understanding Your Loved One’s Rights Trusting the care of a loved one in a nursing home or assisted-living facility can be a difficult but necessary decision for many families. Unfortunately, the process can also be confusing. For this reason, it is important to understand the rights and protections afforded by law to residents…
Revenue over Residents Nursing homes and other long-term care facilities are tasked with promoting a resident’s highest level of well-being. When this mission is overshadowed by the desire to increase profits, residents of these facilities are the ones who suffer the consequences. Unfortunately, it is becoming commonplace for once non-profit nursing homes to be bought…
Choosing a nursing home, skilled nursing facility, or assisted-living home for yourself or a loved one can be a confusing process. To make the best possible choice, you need to have the best possible information—but it can be difficult to know where to turn. Consult with a Physician Before Selecting A Facility A good…
We hope you and yours are having an enjoyable summer! As many of our children head back to school, it’s also time for us to think about furthering our legal education. For the past 20 years, Eric J Hertz has been proud to give back to the legal community through speaking engagements, legal seminars, and…
Have you ever gotten to the point in your career where you felt like it was time for a change? Maybe you wanted to switch firms, launch your own practice, start a new a business, go in-house, or even go into academia. It may seem nonsensical to change the course of your career, particularly…
At Eric J. Hertz, P.C., it is our mission to obtain justice for people who were injured or even killed due to the negligence or abuse of a nursing home, skilled nursing facility, or assisted-living home. While nursing-home litigation shares many similarities with standard personal-injury lawsuits, as well as claims for medical malpractice, taking on…
Eric J Hertz is honored to announce that he has been appointed to the State Bar of Georgia’s Judicial Qualifications Commission Nominating Committee. Kenneth B Hodges, III, current Georgia State Bar President, states, “It gives me great pleasure to appoint you to the JQC Nominating Committee. Your willingness to accept this responsibility is very much…
Every day families make the difficult decision of placing a loved-one inside a nursing home. Because they entrust these facilities to care for their loved-ones, it can be hard to imagine the situation of that person suffering from abuse or neglect. However, when faced with such a possibility, it is crucial for a family to…
The decision to move a family member into a long-term care facility is not an easy one. This choice is made all the more difficult by ambiguity surrounding the different types of facilities available and which provides the type of care that a loved-one requires. While there are many variations of which a facility can…
It’s been a busy time at Eric J Hertz, PC, and the train just keeps on rolling. The firm recently completed two very successful and prestigious speaking engagements. The first was the Connectionology Seminar of America in Charlotte, NC, where Attorney Eric J. Hertz shared his knowledge and war stories on the topic of “The…