Long Term Care Expert Witnesses in Michigan

Long Term Care, Nursing Home Administration - Long Term Care, Nursing Home Administrator, Personal Care, Assisted Living, NHA, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Neglect, Regulatory Compliance, Skilled Nursing Facility, Nursing Home Operations, Standard of Care, Wound Care, Restraints, Nursing Home Falls, Adult Day, Physician Orders, Pressure Ulcers, COVID 19, Abuse

As an expert witness and long-term care consultant, I apply my 18 years of experience operating nursing homes. For the last 9 years, I have provided detailed evaluations and expert testimony for legal cases within the long-term care industry. Drawing on extensive operational knowledge, I assist counsel in interpreting clinical records and delivering insights grounded in foundational facts and helping to determine if the standard of care was met. I also apply the federal regulations to determine compliance. I have been retained for 45 cases. 65% defense, 35% plaintiff. Types of cases I have worked on: Falls and fall-related injuries Pressure injuries (pressure ulcers) Elopement and wandering incidents Medication errors and adverse drug events Failure to monitor / failure to supervise Infection control and sepsis-related cases Failure to follow physician orders Care planning deficiencies Staffing and negligence claims Documentation and regulatory compliance issues Areas of Expert...

Physician Assistant, Long Term Care - Nursing Home Neglect, neglect, pressure ulcers, fall with injury, standard of care, skilled nursing facility, capacity disputes, medication errors, polypharmacy, sepsis recognition, failure to monitor, failure to escalate care, unsafe discharge, discharge plainning, failure to diagnose, long term care

I am a board-certified Physician Assistant with over 25 years of clinical experience specializing in geriatrics, home care, skilled nursing, and post-acute rehabilitation. I actively practice in multiple skilled nursing facilities, where I manage medically complex, high-risk patients and work directly with interdisciplinary teams responsible for day-to-day patient care. My expertise centers on evaluating standard of care in cases involving non medical and skilled home health, nursing homes, pressure injuries, falls with injury, failure to monitor or escalate care, medication mismanagement, sepsis, and unsafe discharge practices. I have particular insight into how breakdowns in communication, staffing, and clinical decision-making contribute to adverse outcomes in the long-term care setting. Unlike many physician experts who are removed from the daily operations of skilled nursing facilities, I provide real-time, practical insight into how care is actually delivered at the bedside....

Ironwood, Michigan

Speech-Language Pathology, Long Term Care - Choking Death or Injury, Dysphagia/Swallowing, Dehydration, Intellectual Developmental Disabilities (IDD), Stroke/CVA, Standards of Care, Neuro-Degenerative Diseases, TBI, Oral Phase Dysphagia, Pharyngeal Phase Dysphagia, Esophageal Phase Dysphagia, Nursing Home Injury, Pneumonia

Drawing on over three decades of experience in direct care provision and senior management and seven years expert witnessing and consultation, Ms. Hamilton serves as Chief Operating Officer at Lios Manhe LLC Expert Witnesses. Lios Manhe (pronounced LIZ manee) provides services to plaintiffs and defendants across the US in medical Speech Language Pathology. Ms. Hamilton served as clinical director for national rehabilitation providers in long term care, sub-acute care and a pediatric clinic. She has been an instructor in the areas of cognition, dysphagia/swallowing, end of life nutrition, and Medicare regulatory compliance. She has served at the regional, division and national level as Vice President, Corporate Trainer and Clinical Director. Ms. Hamilton has presented at conferences for the American Occupational Therapy Association and local Speech Language Hearing Associations as an employee of national Rehab companies. Ms. Hamilton holds certification from the American S...