Assisted Living Expert Witnesses in Florida

Assisted Living, Long Term Care - Assisted Living Falls, Independent Living, Memory Care, Standard of Care, Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC), Risk Mitigation, Elder Abuse, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Pressure Injury, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Care Standards, Falls Reconstructionist, Delay In Treatment, Wounds, Accelerated Decline, Elopement

Award-winning assisted living, independent living and memory care safety and risk mitigatoin professional. Expert in identifying causes and liabilities of adverse events including: falls, pressure wounds, accelerated decline, and infections. Has helped improve safety and prevent adverse events at many hundreds of senior living communities. USC and Harvard educated. USC Faculty. Significant public speaking experience.

Nursing Home Administration, Assisted Living - Nursing Homes, Assisted Living, Regulatory Compliance, Long term Care, Post Acute Care, Abuse and Neglect, Memory Care, Quality Improvement, Falls, Standard of Care, Resident Safety, Abuse, Neglect

Highly accomplished and experienced Nursing Home Administrator and Assisted Living Manager with 20+ years of experience in long term care and assisted living administration. Experience includes operational and risk management, regulatory compliance, development and implementation of policies and procedures, quality assurance and process improvement, contract management, memory care, post-acute/transitional care, and human resource management. Experienced Expert Witness available for medical records, charts and other document review, case disposition, depositions and court testimonies.

Orlando, Florida

Geriatrics, Physical Therapy - Aging, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias, Falls, Exercise, Functional Assessment and Evaluation, Plan of Care Development, Geriatric Rehabilitation, Memory Care, Nursing Home, Skilled Nursing, Home Health, Outpatient, Cognition, Geriatrics, Geriatric Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy, Assisted Living

Nicole Dawson, PT, PhD, FNAP (Board Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist, Emeritus) is an Associate Professor in the Division of Physical Therapy of the College of Health Professions and Sciences at the University of Central Florida and Director of the ALIVE (Aging & Longevity Initiatives for Vitality & Enrichment) Lab at UCF. Dr. Dawson is a Board Certified Geriatric Physical Therapist Emeritus with over 20 years of clinical experience along with a PhD in Adult Development & Aging Psychology from Cleveland State University. She has been recognized for excellence in her field by the National Academies of Practice as a Distinguished Scholar Fellow, the Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy through receipt of the Distinguished Educator Award, the American Physical Therapy Association being awarded the Margaret L. Moore Outstanding New Academic Faculty Award, and the University of Central Florida with the Teaching Incentive Program Award. Her current area of research includes deve...

PARKLAND, Florida

Long Term Care, Nursing Homes - Assisted Living, Adult Day Care, Independent Living, Alzheimer's, Memory Care Communities, Senior Living

I specialize in Assisted Living and Alzheimer's Assisted Living, with over 30 years experience in Independent and Assisted Living, Alzheimer's Day Care and Secured Units of Assisted Living. I have 20 years of service as an expert witness in Florida and several other states. My experience and references are available on request. I served for 9 years on the AJAS - the national Board of Jewish Senior Communities, and as the Board Chair of Elder Service Resource Networks, Board Chair of Jewish Family Service of Broward, on the Board of Monarch Care, The Cantor Day Center, FHCA, and on multiple committees of several local and state and professional organizations. I founded and work at Michael Brodie Senior Placement, which keeps me in constant contact with over 150 Independent and Assisted Living Communities in SE Florida.

Aventura, Florida

Internal Medicine, Geriatrics - Falls, Geriatric syndromes, Cognitive impairment, Mental capacity, Delirium dementia, Chronic disease, Medication Errors, Obesity , Assisted Living, GLP1 - Ozempic, Mismanagement, Nursing home, pressure ulcer prevention, Weight loss, Elder abuse, personal injury, Caregiver Negligence, Functional decline , Malpractice, wrongful death

I am a triple board-certified physician (Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, and Obesity Medicine), licensed in Florida and Texas, with over 20 years of combined clinical and academic experience. I offer expert witness and consulting services in cases involving geriatric care, elderly abuse and neglect, geriatric syndromes, functional and cognitive decline and disability, personal injury, obesity medicine, chronic disease management, among others. In addition to my clinical work, I have held academic and leadership positions in medical education, which have strengthened my ability to communicate effectively—not only in precise clinical terms for professional audiences, but also in clear, accessible language when explaining complex medical issues to judges, attorneys, and jurors. Since 2024, I have served as a medical expert in legal cases addressing standards of care, disability assessments, and complex medical conditions across the lifespan. My services include thorough chart reviews,...