Long-Term Care & Senior Housing

With the large baby boomer population reaching retirement age, the need for long-term care and senior housing has increased substantially. At Hinshaw, we recognize that business in these growing industries need attorneys capable of addressing their unique operational, regulatory and transactional issues.

Years ago we established a multidisciplinary team of attorneys whose broad base of experience and knowledge can provide long-term care and senior housing providers with a coordinated approach to representation. Today, Hinshaw represents virtually all segments of the Long-Term Care and Senior Housing Industries, including:

• Continuing Care Retirement Communities
• Skilled Nursing Facilities
• Assisted Living Facilities
• Independent Living Facilities
• Home Health Care Providers
• Hospice Care
• Supportive Living Facilities
• Alzheimer and Dementia Units
• Adult Day Care
• Rehabilitation Facilities
• Senior Housing Communities

Transactional Services
We advise the long-term care and senior housing industry on a  broad range of activities. This is made possible by our ability to draw upon the skills of our attorneys in the firm who have significant experience in bankruptcy, health care, labor and employment, real estate and many other areas of law. Specifically, we can assist clients in this field with activities including:

• Bankruptcy proceedings, restructurings and workouts
• Corporate formations and general corporate matters
• Creating and advising on all kinds of employee benefits plans
• Employment law endeavors, such as drafting employment handbooks and policies
• For-profit and not-for-profit tax issues
• Health care
• Immigration issues
• Intellectual property and technology activities, such as registering trademarks and negotiating software agreements
• Joint ventures
• Labor law activities, including drafting and negotiating collective bargaining agreements
• Operating agreements and vendor contracts
• Real estate endeavors
• Reimbursement issues
• Securing financing
• State and federal lobbying

Compliance Services
We are particularly skilled at helping long-term care and senior housing comply with the many legal and regulatory restrictions that they face. Specifically, we advise and counsel on issues such as:

• Accreditation
• Admission
• Compliance with fraud/abuse laws
• Environmental, health care, labor and employment and professional liability regulations, among many others
• Federal and state quality surveys
• Health information, privacy and technology
• Immigration
• Licensing
• Life safety codes
• Patient care
• Regulatory activities and requirements
• Residency agreements

Dispute Resolution Services
Companies in the long-term care and senior housing industry are subject to unique disputes as well as litigation common to other businesses. In both representing clients in both instances, we know that resolving such disputes is often a nuanced endeavor. Our experience-based sensitivity to the singular business goals and priorities of our clients in these fields allows us to provide even more valuable advice and counsel.

We represent clients in disputes across the United States concerning:

• Antitrust law
• Bankruptcies
• Elder abuse
• Employee benefits litigation
• Employer’s liability
• Health care litigation
• Professional liability and negligence
• White collar crime and internal investigations