Experience

 

Overview of Services

For more than six decades, our firm has been a national leader in the senior care and housing sector. Today, we serve as general or special counsel to hundreds of clients in this essential and evolving sector.

Our attorneys are nationally recognized for their leadership in this field.  We frequently speak at conferences throughout the country and write articles for state and national publications. We draft legislation and serve on key state task forces.  In fact, one of our partners wrote a widely respected treatise on senior housing and care facilities. Many of us play key leadership roles in organizations including the American Bar Association Health Section, American Seniors Housing Association, LeadingAge, Argentum, the California Assisted Living Association, and LeadingAge California. 

Experience

•    Licensing and Regulatory Matters
•    Contracting
•    Operations
•    Business Transactions
•    Competency Issues
•    Corporate and Tax Matters
•    Employee Benefits
•    Fair Housing and ADA
•    Financing – Taxable and Tax-Exempt
•    Insolvency and Bankruptcy
•    Insurance Coverage
•    Intellectual Property
•    Labor and Employment
•    Land Use and Local Regulation
•    Leasing
•    Legislative and Administrative Advocacy
•    Litigation and Dispute Resolution
•    Mergers, Affiliations, and Dissolutions
•    Nonprofit Board Governance and Tax
•    Privacy, Security and Data Breaches
•    Property Acquisitions and Sales
•    Public/Private Partnerships
•    Trusts and Estates

Representative Clients

•    Continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) aka life plan communities
•    Assisted living communities
•    Skilled nursing facilities 
•    Independent living communities
•    Affordable housing providers
•    Hospices
•    Home health agencies
•    Home care agencies
•    PACE providers
•    Intermediate care facilities
•    Adult day care providers
•    Trade associations
•    Foundations
•    For-profit and nonprofit organizations
•    Cooperatives and condominiums
•    Management companies
•    Developers, investors, and lenders
•    Private and publicly traded companies

 

Key Contact

Pamela Kaufmann
Pamela Kaufmann
Partner
San Francisco, CA
Nonprofit Law
Senior Housing and Care

News & Resources

Publication |

California Publishes New Consumer Privacy Regulations

Senior care providers that are subject to the CCPA and CPRA should be aware of the new regulations and be prepared to update their privacy policies and compliance programs accordingly.

Senior Housing and Care
Health Privacy
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Health and Safety Code Section 1418.8 ("Epple") in 2023: Updates and Reminders

Starting this week, skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities in California must follow additional requirements when providing interventions that require informed consent to residents who lack the capacity to consent and do not have a representative. With the Long-Term Care Patient Representative Program operational as of January 27, 2023, skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities must now include a patient representative on every interdisciplinary team convened under section 1418.8 of the California Health and Safety Code.

Senior Housing and Care