Death is common in nursing homes. In fact, about 25% of the deaths in the US occur in nursing home facilities. Some deaths are natural and unrelated to nursing home wrongdoing. However, many nursing home deaths are preventable, and fall under the nursing home wrongful death category. The following are the most common causes of...
Nursing Home Choking Risk Dietary Restrictions and Feeding Assistance Save Lives Choking is a serious concern for many individuals, particularly for patients in nursing homes or long-term care facilities. For these individuals, choking risk can be due to various factors, including age-related changes, underlying medical conditions, and physical and cognitive disabilities. Therefore, healthcare professionals need...
Our elderly loved ones deserve the best care possible. When we choose a nursing home to provide that care and they fail to do so, it is devastating for the family members who have to pick up the pieces. When a family loses someone to negligence or abuse at a nursing home, a wrongful death...
Considering bringing a wrongful death case, but wondering why you have to open an estate? The law requires that an estate is opened for every wrongful death case, even if the decedent has no assets. Our wrongful death attorneys explain the need for opening an estate when bringing a wrongful death claim. Free wrongful death...
Case Facts Leading Up to the Residency Adam S, 84-year-old man, suffered a fall while in his home. Adam’s spouse was present during the fall, and immediately contacted Emergency Medical Services. Paramedics rushed Adam S to Hospital Emergency Room where he was evaluated for any fractures or head injuries. Adam S was cleared of severe...
Facts Involving the Memory Care Fall Fracture Lawsuit Wayne D was an 88-year-old-man with sundowning syndrome – a subtype of dementia that triggers behavioral changes at night time. The D family placed Wayne in Memory Care Facility, so medical staff could properly monitor Wayne’s night wandering. Memory Care was understaffed, with a ratio of 1...
For years, our nursing home abuse attorneys have had to explain to New York families that the law does not recognize their suffering due to the loss of their parent. The conversation is usually met with anger, disbelief, and shock. Despite the outrage, it’s true. Current New York law puts no monetary value on the...
UTIs May Lead to More Serious Injuries like Encephalopathy in Long-term Care Setting When an older individual decides to move into a nursing home, they likely expect that they will receive the care that they are struggling to provide for themselves—and sometimes they do. Unfortunately, as nursing homes turn their attention to greater profit at...
Recently, the Mary Black Health System (now known as Cherokee Medical Center) settled a patient fall lawsuit for $285,000, plus attorneys fees and costs. The Cherokee Medical Center hospital fall case involved a 76 year old patient suffering from dementia who fell and broke her ankle. Our elder abuse attorneys explain the facts surrounding this...
Nursing Home Freeze Related Death Leads to Elder Abuse Charges for Hypothermia A recent report from the Colorado Springs police department confirms that three individuals have been charged as a result of their negligence in the case of an elderly woman who froze to death outside the Union Printers Home early in February 2020. Rosalie...
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