{"id":186,"date":"2021-03-05T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T07:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.assistedlivingnetwork.com\/?p=186"},"modified":"2021-04-02T20:45:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T20:45:44","slug":"21-lawsuits-in-residential-assisted-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/21-lawsuits-in-residential-assisted-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuits in Residential Assisted Living"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Lawsuits in Residential Assisted Living - by Gene Guarino\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z5Swez9WRts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Will I ever be sued?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Residential Assisted Living you\u2019re going to get sued, and let me explain why it\u2019s no big deal. The reality is we understand what the liabilities and the risks are. We have insurance to protect ourselves from it. But when people move into our homes, they\u2019re being taken care of, they are being loved on. We want them to live forever, but on occasion they do pass away. People do die and it\u2019s a matter of when, not if.\u00a0The question becomes, was there some negligence or problem along the way, and if there was and you\u2019re doing a bad job, well then maybe you deserve to get sued. But if you did everything right, and doing a great job and somebody falls, breaks a bone, goes into the hospital, and two months later they pass away. Well, that\u2019s not tragic. It is sad.\u00a0Now again, I want you to get very real. Let\u2019s say that person living in the senior care residential assisted living home has five kids. Those five kids are 50, 60 years old. Those are the kids because mom or dad is 80 or 90 years. They\u2019ve come to visit mom or dad everyday or every week. They see the caregivers. They know them by name. They\u2019ve eaten the food in the dining room with mom or dad. They know the manager, and they love the experience. Now they\u2019ve been there for three years. They fall, they break their hip, they go to the hospital and two months later, they pass away. That is sad, but it\u2019s not unexpected.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Will the family be upset with me if their mom or dad dies?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, let\u2019s think about the family. If they know who you are, if you\u2019re doing what you\u2019re supposed to do and doing it right, certainly they could be upset. But some of them may be happy that mom is in a better place. But even if somebody is unhappy, if they were to go to an attorney, the attorney\u2019s going to call, they\u2019re gonna look at the home, they\u2019re going to see the records, they\u2019re going to see we did everything we\u2019re supposed to do. We\u2019re licensed. Everything is there and they\u2019re going to realize there is no case.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Isn\u2019t insurance too expensive?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if they do sue, you should have insurance. The insurance is a million dollars per incident, $3,000,000 for the policy. Now that\u2019s the insurance that is here. Professional liability insurance for residential assisted living. It\u2019s less than a dollar a day per resident. So 10 residents, 30 days, $300 a month. That means you\u2019re passing on that expense, that $30 per resident to them, inside whatever it is you charge in your $6,000 a month, I\u2019m sure there\u2019s at least $30 available. The reality is it\u2019s an expense. It\u2019s a cost of doing business.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Do everything right!<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So avoid those potential problems. Have the proper insurance, and do a good job. Dot your i\u2019s and cross your t\u2019s. But rest assured, if you do this right, that liability is truly a non issue. Those who are running around without the proper insurance are taking risks they shouldn\u2019t take.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Be sure to subscribe to our iTunes podcast to listen on the go!<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/assisted-living-networks-podcast\/id1360517721?mt=2\">[CLICK HERE]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/new.assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21A.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21A.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21A-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21A-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21A-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/new.assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21B.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21B.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21B-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21B-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21B-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/new.assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21C.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21C.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21C-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21C-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21C-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will I ever be sued?\u00a0 In Residential Assisted Living you\u2019re going to get sued, and let me explain why it\u2019s no big deal. 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