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The Current Dilemma of Elder AbuseBy: Lillian Jeter While everyone throughout the nation flocked to various locations to be with family and friends to celebrate this 4th of July holiday, there is another group behind closed doors who had little reason or opportunity to celebrate. There are no huge celebrations for this group watching fireworks...The Federal Government Issued a Final Rule Prohibiting Nursing Homes from Imposing Forced Arbitration Clauses on New ResidentsBy David L. FarnbauchThe federal agency that oversees nursing homes (the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, "CMS", issued a final rule banning nursing homes that received Medicare and/or Medicaid funding from requiring new residents to sign admission agreements that have a "forced arbitration" clause. The final rule banning forced arbitration clauses goes into effect on November 28, 2016.