Nursing Home Injuries

Nursing Home Injuries often are unreported, as patients are frequently limited in their ability to communicate and report instances of neglect or abuse.

When a loved one such as an elderly parent, a disabled child, or an incapacitated adult has medical needs which require living in a nursing home or assisted living facility, you understandably worry about possible nursing home injuries. You should be able to trust that they are treated with care, compassion and dignity and are getting appropriate and necessary medical care. Unfortunately, there are many instances where patients of nursing homes or residents in short or long term care facilities suffer unnecessary harm, which result in nursing home injuries. It can be as a result of abuse or neglect on the part of owners or administrators, or negligent acts of their employees.

Nursing home injuries occur for a variety of reasons, but some of the more common causes are due to:

inadequately trained staff
lack of background checks
understaffing of facility
lack of proper staff supervision
low staff to patient ratio

Physical, emotional or sexual abuse in a nursing home or other long-term care facility must not be tolerated. Any person who suffers from abuse in a nursing facility must bring to justice those who are responsible. Besides the criminal aspect for these actions, the facility may be held accountable in a civil lawsuit.

Injuries may also result from unintentional conduct, and more commonly that is the basis of many nursing home injury cases. Bedsores, injuries from falling, untreated infections, injuries resulting from wandering, medication errors, and poor hygiene are some of the more commonly seen problems in nursing home injury cases.

Many nursing home patients are often limited in their ability to communicate and report instances of neglect or abuse, making matters even worse particularly when the facility fails to disclose an injury or illness to family members. Florida nursing homes and long-term care facilities are highly regulated by both federal and state agencies. All facilities must comply with the mandates of both the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). Although these agencies have stringent licensure, operations and health care regulations, injuries and neglect in Florida nursing homes and assisted living facilities are quite common. In many cases, negligence occurs due to inadequate training, unqualified staff, failure to follow nursing care protocol, medication errors, untreated health issues, failure to take reasonable fall precautions, and unsanitary conditions, all of which can result in nursing home injuries. Untreated bed sores, fractures, dehydration, malnutrition, over sedation and death are frequently seen in nursing home abuse or neglect cases. Since nursing home patients and assisted living facility residents are already in a compromised state of health, they are even more vulnerable than healthy people to sustaining more serious harm including death.

Let us review the facts and determine if the facility may be responsible and should be held accountable for they harm they caused.

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Nursing Home Injuries

Nursing Home Injuries often are unreported, as patients are frequently limited in their ability to communicate and report instances of neglect or abuse.

Let's talk about it. We can help now .

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