Nursing Home Talk » Florida http://www.nursinghometalk.com Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:27:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Most Helpful Worker’s Compensation Website For Florida Administrators http://www.nursinghometalk.com/blog/2009/03/21/workers-compensation-in-florida/ http://www.nursinghometalk.com/blog/2009/03/21/workers-compensation-in-florida/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:29:23 +0000 Erin Blakely http://www.nursinghometalk.com/?p=368 Worker’s compensation is one of the tasks I work with on a routine basis. Accidents unfortunately happen, and employees can get injured. I rarely stumble across a claim that seems bogus. However, there are on occasion such situations that call in to question whether a employee truly did get injured on the job.

There is a lot of trust involved with caring for another human being, especially in the home health care field. Employees are sent out to client’s homes and are expected to provide quality service. I believe home health companies need even greater screening of staff because of the lack of daily supervision. In a nursing home, there are many “eyes” watching over employees including the director of nursing and the nursing home administrator.

This week I was given a web address for the Florida Worker’s Compensation Claims. On this website, you can type in the name of a person (even the way it sounds) and it will give any previous compensation history of a person living in Florida. You may ask why is this important? As I mentioned earlier, there is a lot of trust between management and staff to provide quality care to residents and/or clients. The more you know about a person’s work history the better.Check out this website.

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