Alzheimer's: Nursing Home Can Fire Employee for Interfering In Family's Finances 

Quick Summary: The Court of Appeals of Utah upheld the firing of a nursing home employee for telling a resident her VA check had arrived. The employee ignored instructions to let a family member inform the resident, an Alzheimer’s patient, so that purchasing a new wheelchair the resident needed could be discussed. Rackley v. Fairview Care Centers, Inc., 970 P. 2d 277 (Utah App., 1998).

Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession (7)5 May 99