ARE YOU OR ONE OF YOUR RELATIVES A VICTIM OF NURSING HOME NEGLIGENCE?

Unfortunately, nursing home negligence or abuse occurs more frequently than you would think. When it happens it has a devastating effect on a nursing home resident and their families.

When you come to the decision that you need to place a loved one in a nursing care facility, you expect your loved one to receive proper care and supervision. Sadly, these facilities that advertise compassionate care for the elderly are often more interested in revenue than they are in their patients. When nursing care facilities start putting their pocketbooks before the needs of the patients, nursing home neglect is bound to occur.

When nursing home negligence causes injury or death, the nursing home may be liable. Nursing home negligence most often occurs at understaffed facilities. Patients do not get the care they need in these situations. They are not checked on often enough. They may not receive proper fluids and nutrition. They may suffer from neglect and isolation. They may not be properly moved or transferred to and from bed or the bathroom or to other areas at the facility. There may not be proper fall precautions or safeguards in place to protect the patient.