Group Home Expert Witnesses

El Cajon, California

Developmental Disabilities - IDD, Disability, Intellectual Disability, Mental Disability, Group Home, Residential Facility, Residential Services, ICF, ARF, Adult Residential Facility, Day Program, Independent Living, Supported Living, People with Disabilities, Individuals with Disability, Disabled, Autism, Regional Center, Community Care, Mentally Disabled

I am a senior healthcare and human services executive with over twenty years of leadership experience in intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and behavioral health services. I currently serve as a Regional Director for Sevita / ResCare Community Living, where I provide executive oversight for Sevita's San Diego operation and regional support for leadership teams in Los Angeles and Orange County. My scope of responsibility includes group home, residential facility, and day program services supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities across ICF-DD-H, ICF-DD-N, EBSH, and ARFPSHN residential facility models. In this role, I am responsible for operational performance, regulatory compliance, staff training, quality assurance, financial management, and workforce leadership. I am the primary point of contact with the Regional Center, California Department of Public Health, Community Care Licensing, and the Department of Developmental Services. I'v...

Vallejo, California

Mental Health, Social Work - Children's Mental Health, Child Welfare, Standard of Care, Residential Treatment, Group Home, Behavioral Health, Drug and Alcohol Treatment, Inpatient Treatment, Substance Use Treatment, Social Work, Residential Care, Addiction Treatment, Children's Behavioral Health, Children's Therapy, Pediatric Mental Health, Trauma Treatment

Matthew Madaus, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 35 years of leadership experience in the behavioral health field. He currently serves as Executive Director of the Behavioral Health Collaborative of Alameda County, an association of nonprofit mental health and substance use treatment providers. Member agencies deliver services to more than 175,000 children, youth, and adults annually, including mental health care, substance use treatment, foster care, education, and housing. Mr. Madaus advises agency executives and senior staff on upholding the standard of care across their service systems. Mr. Madaus was the CEO of Edgewood Center for Children and Families in San Francisco, overseeing all residential treatment and community-based programs. He was the Clinical Director of The Home for Little Wanderers in Boston, where he provided leadership to numerous residential and community-based programs. He has held positions as Executive Director, Chief Operating Office...

Springbrook TWP, Pennsylvania

Nursing Homes, Long Term Care - Skilled Nursing Facility, Long Term Care, Geriatrics, residential care facility, patient falls, dementia, restraints, group home, risk management, policies and procedures, antipsychotics, side effects, compliance, sepsis, pressure sores, bed sores, wound care, pressure ulcers, ulcers

Registered Nurse with over a decade of clinical experience and an estimated 8,200 direct patient encounters spanning cardiovascular intensive care, perioperative and post-anesthesia care at a Magnet-designated teaching hospital, and post-acute rehabilitation and long-term care. Progressively advanced from staff nurse to Director of Nursing, with demonstrated expertise in nursing leadership, quality assurance, regulatory compliance, infection control, and interdisciplinary care coordination.