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 - home health aid management, HHA negligence, CNA abuse, Caregiver negligence, PCA oversight and training, PCA training, PCA supervision, medication errors, quality assurance, home care documentation, failure to monitor, failure to escalate care, elder abuse, care management, failure to report, long term care, elder exploitation

I am a board-certified Physician Assistant with over 25 years of clinical experience, including 16+ years as a home care specialist. I am the current owner and CEO of a non-medical home care agency, providing me with direct, hands-on, real-time expertise in home care operations, PCA/CNA supervision, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance. My expert opinions focus on home care standard of care, supervision failures, caregiver training deficiencies, and quality assurance breakdowns in non-medical home care settings. This includes evaluating: Supervisory visit adequacy and oversight protocols PCA/CNA training and competency standards Care coordination and communication failures Failure to escalate care Home care and Home Health standard of care. Medication error patterns in home care Abuse and neglect detection mechanisms Home care agency policies and their implementation Documentation and clinical record deficiencies My operational experience distinguishes me from clinical-on...

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...