A safe environment is essential to the goals and purposes of a long-term care facility. Lack of proper supervision can undermine the health and safety of vulnerable aged and disabled residents. Poor supervision is often a serious problem in understaffed nursing homes. When an injury occurs because of lack of supervision, it is important to investigate the facts and determine where negligence occurred in the system.
To facilitate quality care of residents, both caregivers and residents need adequate supervision.
- When workers with minimal experience are unsupervised, the opportunity for mistakes, accidents and even abuse of nursing home residents increases. Negligence by caregivers at nursing homes is a factor in many injuries and unexplained deaths.
- Nursing home residents themselves need supervision to prevent falls, promote nutrition and monitor risky health problems as they arise. Safe movement by residents around the facility, safe bathing and toilet procedures and safe transfers between bed and wheelchair are all essential to the core mission of a long-term care facility.
When you entrusted your elderly or disabled family member to the care of a nursing home, you no doubt chose the facility with great care. It is natural to feel betrayed by the institution that you had faith in now that your loved one has been injured or died unexplainably.
Did your family member develop bedsores because caregivers failed to turn him or her according to the care plan? Did medication errors cause medical complications or contribute to a fall injury? Did caregivers fail to apply antibiotics as prescribed to a wound that was slow to heal? Was your mother, father, husband or wife a victim of elder abuse? Unexplained bruises might indicate that some type of assault is a possibility.
The Law Offices of James Flexer in Nashville is a trustworthy resource for people injured in Tennessee nursing homes and their families. Our lawyers are prepared to get to the bottom of a nursing home negligence and pursue the compensation that your family is entitled to. At the same time that you stand up for the rights of your elderly or disabled family member, you may help prevent future injuries to other residents in the same facility.
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If you or a family member has been injured or suffered harm in a nursing home in Tennessee, contact us to schedule a free initial consultation.
