Woman Dies From Brain Bleed Following Unsupervised Fall
Everyday nursing home residents fall. Much like a toddler learning to walk, some falls are unpreventable. Nursing home residents remain the highest risk for falling and getting injured compared with...
View ArticleHow Many Falls Is Enough To Impose Responsibility On Nursing Home?
Falls are a common problem facing elderly people in and out of nursing homes. By some accounts, every elderly person in America will fall at least one time over the course of the next year. Many of...
View ArticleFall From Bed Results In Death Of Newly Admitted Nursing Home Patient
I’ve noticed a trend amongst many nursing home negligence cases– injuries occur at a disproportionately high rate within the initial admission period. The most reasonable explanation for the...
View ArticleEven Common Falls Put Elderly At Risk For Developing Subdural Hematomas
Frequently undiagnosed and under-appreciated, falls amongst the elderly can frequently result in brain bleeds or technically termed ‘subdural hamatoas’. Because elderly are predisposed to developing...
View ArticleBlood Thinning Medications, Such As Coumadin, Pose Substantial Danger To...
Coumadin (generic name – Warfarin), is an anticoagulant (blood thinning medication) that is commonly used to help treat and prevent blood clots that could cause a heart attack, stroke, or pulmonary...
View ArticleFalls In Nursing Homes Are A Serious Threat To The Safety Of Many Patients
Given the frequency (approximately 80+% of all nursing nursing home patients will experience a fall this coming year) with which nursing home falls occur, facilities must be on the lookout when it...
View ArticleThe Cause Of Many Nursing Home Patients’ Injuries May Be Related To An...
Most of the time a family contacts my office, it is due to an incident involving abuse or ongoing neglect. Although perhaps less obvious, after we investigate many of the cases, the underlying problem...
View ArticleNursing Home Injury Laws
In times of need, locating necessary information regarding the legal rights and resources for nursing home patients can be difficult and imposing. In this respect, we are proud to introduce a new...
View ArticleCalifornia Nursing Home’s Failure To Provide Fall-Prevention Safeguards...
Too little, too late– best summarizes Pilgrim Haven Health Facility of Los Angeles, reaction to fall-prevention measures suggested by a patient’s physician and the facility itself. The omissions...
View ArticleNursing Home’s Failure To Implement Fall Precautions Results In Death Of Patient
Recognizing the significant threat that ‘falls’ pose to patients in nursing homes, federal regulations impose a duty on facilities to assess each patient at the time they are admitted (and similarly...
View ArticleWheelchair Patients Must Be Supervised To Avoid Injury & Death
As a nursing home attorney, most of my cases fit cleanly within one category of negligence – bedsores, falls, elopement, medication errors or choking. Recently, I feel like I may need to add...
View ArticleNursing Homes Post-Fall Care Of Injured Patient Criticized By State...
From a liability perspective, nursing home fall cases prove to be far more difficult than they may appear to be at first glance. While nursing home must assess each patient for their propensity to fall...
View ArticleStudy Concludes Nursing Home Patients With Dementia Are Far More Likely To...
It’s no secret that falls in the elderly nursing home population remain one of the largest threats to patients safety and overall well-being. Recognizing this threat, nursing homes must assess each...
View ArticleSloppy Transfer From Wheelchair To Bed Claims The Life Of Nursing Home Patient
Moving a patient from one device to another– or typically referred to as a ‘transfer’– is one of the most essential services a nursing home provides to immobile patients, yet it is also one of the most...
View ArticleRisk Of Falling Higher For Newly Admitted Nursing Home Patients
As a nursing home lawyer I’ve gradually become accustomed to set’s of similar fact patterns in my practice. One of the most disturbing situations involving newly admitted nursing home patients who...
View ArticleIt Only Takes A Few Seconds Of Inattentive Care For A Nursing Home Patient To...
When it comes to caring for disabled nursing home patients, a momentary diversion by staff member can has disastrous consequences for the patient. Many disabled patients are considered to by ‘full...
View ArticleRepeated Falls Cause Injuries To Illinois Nursing Home Patient & Leads To...
Of all the different types of injuries that nursing home patients may be susceptible to, falls remain one of the more difficult types of incidents to entirely prevent. By law, each patient in a nursing...
View ArticleNursing Home Falls Can Be Reduced By Implementing Basic Precautions
Falls among the elderly contribute to roughly 1,800 deaths each year and statistics are showing that the problem is greater in nursing homes than anywhere else. Only 5% of the population above the age...
View ArticleNursing Home Scrutinized Over the Way They Handle Post-Fall Care of Patient
Nursing homes were considered a safe haven for the elderly and people did not hesitate in sending their loved ones to nursing homes in the past. However, the scenario has changed to a great extent....
View ArticleFall Prevention Program Demonstrates Basic Safeguards Work
A single fall that a younger, healthier person might brush off could turn into a long-term hospital stay for elderly nursing home patients. If we consider that every 100+ bed nursing home reports...
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