New Hampshire

• 3 years with Discovery Rule. (N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §508:4)
• Medical malpractice – 2 years. Actions against health care providers must be filed within two years of the malpractice. A minor under age eight has until the tenth birthday to file a medical malpractice action. For foreign object cases, suit must be filed within two years of insertion of the foreign object or within two years of discovering the foreign object, whichever is earlier. (N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §507-C:4)

• None.

• 3 years with Discovery Rule. (N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §508:4)

• Damages for loss of familial relationship are limited to $50,000, except where party recovering is a spouse, child, parent, or dependent relative. Damages for loss of society and loss of companionship may be awarded to a surviving spouse for up to $150,000. (N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §556:12;  N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §556:13)

• New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
• Adult Protection Program
• Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services
• Long-Term Care Ombudsman
• New Hampshire Department of Justice Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation Unit

• Ombudsman and Protective Services to Adults – (N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§161-F:42-47)
• Adult Protection Program – (N.H. Code of Admin. Rules, Chpt. He-E-700)

• Special Focus Facilities: The Worst Nursing Homes Of All

I get a large number of questions from nursing home patients and families regarding focused on finding the 'best' facilities available.  For some reason, I get an even larger number of people who ask me who the 'worst' facilities are.  Maybe there's some sport associated with identifying these facilities? But for to today, let's feed the need to identify the poor performing nursing homes-- the Special Focus Facilities.

If you are a nursing home operator or employee the Special Focus Facility (SFF) is definitely a club you want no part of.  Rather, the SFF was created by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) as an assemblage of facilities that deserve special recognition for the inadequate care they typically provide to their patients.