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What You Should Know about Your Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement
Admitting a loved one into an Oklahoma nursing home can be challenging and stressful. During the application process, there are many documents that are difficult to understand and requirements that are challenging to meet. One of the many legal documents you may be asked to sign is a nursing home arbitration agreement. It is important that you review this agreement and learn about what it means before signing it.
A mandatory arbitration agreement is an easily overlooked legal document that is sometimes included in a package of admissions documents. Failing to read whatever you are signing can prove costly if your loved one becomes the victim of nursing home abuse or neglect. A nursing home arbitration agreement takes away your right to sue the nursing home. Instead, your disputes will go directly to a professional arbitrator. If you sign an arbitration agreement, you will not be able to take the nursing home to court even if your loved one dies as a result of neglect or abuse in the care facility.
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