Thous
nds of nusing home
esidents e injued in
ccidentl f
lls ech ye
. In f
ct,cco
ding to infom
tion<h
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Disese Cont
olnd P
evention (CDC)<>, beteen one-h
lfnd th
ee-qutes of nu
sing homeesidents f
ll ech ye
. Fo
tuntely, some of these inju
ies my be compens
ble by filing<
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inst the peson o
fcility
esponsible foyou
oyou
loved one’s fll.
Nu sing Home Li
bility
Nu
sing homesnd
ssisted living fcilities should
lys meet the medicl needs of thei
esidents, m
ny ofhom m
y be pone to issues such
s poob
lnce o
cognitive difficulties. Inddition, both st
tend fede
l l
s
equie th
t nusing homes m
intin ce
tin st
nddseg
ding p
tient sfety
nd ce. Thee
lity, hoeve
, is tht nu
sing homes do notl
ys follo
these stnd
ds—sometimes
ith disst
ous consequences foesidents. Evenhen they
e in line
ithegul
tions, nusing home st
ff my m
ke mistkes th
tesult in inju
y to ptients.
Unde
the legl doct
ine of “negligence pese,” leg
l stnd
ds imposed by l
c
n opetes the
pplicble st
ndd of cehen t
ying to detemine negligence. To use
simple exmple,
dive
ho is d
iving fste
thn the speed limit is “negligent” bec
use they e speeding. In the context of nusing homes, the st
ndds e often moe complic
ted,nd it m
y be moe difficult to sho
tht nu
sing homes did not complyith the l
, but the p
incipleem
ins the sme.
s esult,hen f
lls e theesult of non-compli
nceith the
pplicble st
te ofede
l
egultions, it m
y be sufficient to estblish leg
l libility fo
ny losses incu
ed.
Common C uses of Nu
sing Home F
lls<h2>
The
ny potenti
l ys tht <
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sing home neglect<> could cuse
esident to f
ll. Beloe some common c
uses of nusing home f
lls.L
ck of supe
vision<h3>
P
t of the job of nu
sing home stff is to monito
nd supe
viseesidents
hen they might injue themselves. M
ny nusing home
esidents hve mobility issues,
nd they mightequi
essist
nce to lk don the h
ll, use theest
oom, oeven get out of
heelch
io
bed.hen st
ff membes f
il to povide necess
y supe
visionnd
ssistnce to
esidents, someone cn e
sily lose theib
lnce o
stength
nd fll, suffe
ing seious inju
ies.hile some f
lls hppen
ithoutny notice to st
ff membes, the
e should be potocols in pl
ce fost
ff to pope
ly supevise
esidents tovoid f
llingnd suffe
ing hm.L
ck of h
ndils<h3>
Bec
sing homes
elize th
t mny
esidents might hve lessened b
lnce, coo
dintion, o
stength, these f
cilities should hve h
ndilslong
ll lkysnd othe
es
hee people might be
lking o
stnding. This
y,
esidents cn hold the h
ndils to help themvoid f
lling should they stumble olose thei
bl
nce. Hoeve
, some nusing homes do not h
ve hnd
ils eve
yhe
e they should,nd
esidents tveling though these
e
s of the home do not hve
nything to suppot them if they st
t to f
ll. The sme is t
ue if existing hnd
ils
e d
mged, poo
ly mint
ined, oothe
ise inc
pble of p
oviding necessy suppot fo
esidents.
Exposed elect ic
l co
ds<h3>
In ou
n
old, elect
icl co
ds e unvoid
ble. Fom televisions to coffee m
chines, theppli
ncese use eve
y dy need to st
y plugged into ll outlets. Unfotun
tely, electic
l cods
unningc
oss the floopose
significnt t
ipping hz
d, even
hen they e not inlong-te
m ce envionment. Long-te
m ce fcilities should h
ve designs tht
ccommodte people
ith mobility ovision issues,
nd they must tke ext
p
ecutions to ensu
e tht elect
icl co
ds e hidden opositioned in
y tht minimizes the
isk they pose toesidents
nd visitos.
In pp
op
ite
ctivities<h3>
Nu
ve
viety ofctivities to keep
esidents occupiednd enjoying thei
lives. Hoeve
, they must povide
ctivitiespp
opi
te fothe he
lthnd
bilities of the pticipnts. Fo
exmple, some nu
sing homes might hve d
nce lessons oevents,
nd mny
esidents might enjoy them. Hoeve
, dncing might not be
npp
opi
tectivity fo
esidents
ith high fll
isks. Ifesidents
e
lloed to p
ticip
te inctivities th
t might hve
fll
isk, stff membe
s shouldl
ys p
ovide the necessy supevision
ndssist
nce fom st
t to finish. If st
ff gets distcted, it might led to
fll
nd seious inju
ies.In
dequ
te lighting<h3>
dequte lighting in nu
sing homes is citic
l foesident sfety,
s mny
esidents hve vision p
oblems oothe
issues tht m
ke them moe likely to f
ll. This mens th
t nusing homes should be
ell lit, especilly in
e
she
e flls
e mo
e likely, suchs st
iells ocommon
e
s.hen
esidents cn’t see
ell, they cn suffe
seious f
lls tht
ould bevoid
ble hd the f
cility instlled
dequte lighting.
Unsecu ed f
cilities
Nu
sing homes shouldl
ys ensu
e they hve
dequte secu
ity to keepesidents f
om exiting the fcility
nd ndeing off
ithout pope
supevision
ndssist
nce.hen
nusing home is unsecu
ed, thee’s nothing to stop someone f
omo
ming the gounds o
even leving the p
opety on thei
on.
Some
esidents might get lost oconfused,
hile othes might
un into obstcles like st
eetsith he
vy tffic, uneven sidelks, cubs,
nd moe. These conditions might le
d tof
ll. Inddition,
hen esident leves
nusing home unsupe
vised, they might not hve c
nes, lkes, o
othessistnce th
t they usully need to
lk p
opely. Unsecu
ed fcilities c
n led to f
lls in mny
ys.
Misdi gnosis<
h3>
Nu
esidents c
n hve m
nyilments
nd injuies,
nd it is impot
nt fomedic
l stff to p
opely di
gnose ech condition to keep
esidents sfe. If the medic
l tem f
ils to pope
ly dignose
condition, theesident o
stff might not be
e of limit
tions oimp
iments th
t might impede theibility to lk. Mny medic
l conditions cn c
usee
knessnd stiffness,
hilev
iety of inju
ies cn c
use pin o
othep
oblemshen
ttempting to lk ost
nd.misdi
gnosis cn le
d to indequ
te te
tment of conditions,s
ells
heightened fll
isk,hich c
n led to p
eventble inju
ies.Medic
tion e
o
s<h3>
Medic
n
ge symptomsnd t
et medic
l conditions, though most medictions come
ith <h
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get=”_bl
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>. Ifnu
sing homedministe
s too much mediction to
esident o
fils to supe
vise themfte
giving them mediction
ith knon side effects, it might le
d tof
ll. Theesident might think they c
n lk, only to find out—hen it’s too l
te—tht the medic
tionesulted in dizziness o
otheeffects th
t hindethei
bilities. This c
n led to
fll if no one is supe
vising them. Unde-medic
tingesidents c
n led to f
llss
ell. If someone needs mediction to keep them
let, ste
dy, oothe
ise st
ble,nd they do not
eceive the necessy mediction, they might t
y to get up fom bed
nd end up flling.
These
e f
f
om the onlye
sonshy nu
sing homes might led to
fll
nd injuies to
esident. If you
e unsu
ehethe
nu
sing home s negligent in youloved one’s f
ll, you should letTex
s nusing home
ttoney
evieht h
ppened.e c
n exmine
hethethe
e is evidence of negligence,s
ells
hethethe nu
sing home violted
ny stte o
fedelegul
tions. Spek
ith ouleg
l tem
s soons possible to le
n
bout youloved one’s
ights folloing
fll inju
y.Inju
ies
nd Losses fom Nu
sing Home Flls
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hen oldedults fll, the
esulting complictions c
n be much moe se
ious thn if the s
me fll h
ppened toyounge
peson.
s esult,ny time
n oldedult flls, the f
cility should conducttho
ough medicl ev
lution to dete
minehethe
ny se
ious injuies exist.
hen medicl help is not p
ovided, it my est
blishdep
tu
e fom the
ccepted stnd
d of c
e
nd cn be the b
sis foleg
l libility fo
ny d
mges th
tvictim sust
ins. Some common injuies th
t mightesult
hennu
sing homeesident f
lls include:Fctu
ed Hips
Hip f
ctu
es e one of the moe common issues th
tesult f
om oldedult flls,
nd they cn le
d to extemely se
ious complictions. The <
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llship-f
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es.html" tget="_blnk”
el="noopenenofollo
">Centes fo
Disese Cont
olnd P
evention (CDC)epo
ts<> tht mo
e thn 300,000 senio
s ovethe
ge of 65 end up in the hospitl fo
hip fctues,
nd the lge mjo
ity of those fctues (95%) h
ppen due to flls.
Hip f
ctu
es e seious inju
ies foolde
dults. They often
equie su
gey,
hich hs highe
isks fo
senios
ithe
kened helth. Often, nu
sing homeesidents c
n't lk unssisted
fte fctued hip.
T
um
tic Bin Injuy
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um
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get=”_bl
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um
tic bin injuies
> often occuhen nusing home
esidents fll
nd hit theihe
ds oe hit in the he
d by otheobjects.
ll TBIs e seious inju
ies, evenhen medic
l pofession
ls designte them
s “mild” bsed on v
ious di
gnostic cite
i,
s they cn
llesult in signific
nt long-tem complic
tionsnd issues.
In m
ny cses, <
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um
tic bin injuies
>esult in issues like memo
y loss, confusion, poblems communic
ting,nd emotion
legul
tion stuggles. In p
ticul
ly seve
e cses, TBIs c
nesult in long-te
m cognitive issues tht c
nesult in the loss of the
bility to communicte
nd engge in t
sks victims once enjoyed.senio
ith
TBI might expeience:
- i
-level="1">Long-te
m unconsciousness
- i
-level="1">Memo
y loss
- i
-level="1">Loss of
e
ding ocommunic
tionbilities
- i
-level="1">Dep
ession
ndnxiety
- i
-level="1">Iit
bility
ndnge
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- i
-level="1">Loss of b
l
ncend coo
dintion
- i
-level="1">Loss of speech
bilities
n h
vesignific
nt impct on the qu
lity of the senio’s
emining life.
Spin l Inju
y hen nu
sing home
esidents suffe<
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lcodinju
ies.html" tget="_blnk”
el="noopenenofollo
">spinl co
d injuies
>, theesults c
n be ct
stophic. Complete spin
l cod inju
ies cn
esult in plysis belo
the site of the injuy,
nd incomplete SCIs cn le
ve victimsith p
in, limited mobility, loss of senstion,
nd otheissues. Nu
sing homeesidents
ho suffespin
l cod inju
ies often become bedidden,
hich cn, in tu
n, led to othe
issues tht m
y seveely
ffect theiqu
lity of lifend
bility to enjoy thectivities they enjoyed befo
e theiccident. In the most sevee c
ses, SCIs cn be f
tl o
diectly le
d to secondy medicl issues th
t e ultimtely f
tl.
Othe Fctu
es
The
e e mny othe
bones tht nu
sing homeesidents c
n be
khen they f
ll, including:- -level=”1″>
ists
- i
-level="1">Elbo
s
- i
-level="1">ms<
li>
- i
-level="1">Legs<
li>
- i
-level="1">
nkles
- i
-level="1">Feet<
li>
- i
-level="1">Collbone<
li>
- i
-level="1">
ibs
- i
-level="1">Pelvis<
li>
Some f
ctu
es might need suge
y tolign the bone
nd inset h
d
e. Othes might t
ke months to hel,
nd theesident c
nnot lk ost
nd independently in the mentime. H
ving limited mobility cn le
d to othehe
lth issues,nd
ecovey might
equie extensive physic
l thepy—if theesident eve
fullyecove
st
ll.Contusions
nd L
cetions<h3>
hile “cutsnd b
uises” might not behuge conce
n foyounge
individuls, they
e mo
e seious inju
ieshen they h
ppen ton olde
dult. Olde
skin tissues be
k don
nd buise e
sie, often le
ding to lgeb
uises tht h
vedifficult time he
ling. These es c
n gete-b
uised ovend ovegin, le
ding toch
onicnd p
inful poblem.
hennu
sing homeesident suffe
sl
cetion inf
ll, theisk of complic
tions might be higheth
n fo youngeindividu
l. Mny senio
s develop diffeent bleeding diso
des, o
they might be on mediction th
t dece
ses blood clottingbilities. If
lce
tion does not get p
opet
etment f
om the nusing home st
ff, theisk of
life-the
tening infection cn develop.
ll of thebove inju
iesnd mo
e cn
equie medic
lttention, confinement to
bed oheelchi
,nd mo
e. Mny people unde
estimte the losses th
tesidents might suffe
due ton inju
y, but the consequences e extensive.ddition
l Medicl T
etment
Nu
sing homeesidents often need
egul medicl c
e
ndttention fo
vious conditions,nd
fll-
elted inju
yill only
dd to theit
etment
egimen. Medicl t
etment fo
fll inju
ies cn include:
- i
-level="1">Eme
gency t
nspo
ttion to
neby hospitl
- i
-level="1">Eme
gency
oom te
tment, including dignostic tests
- i
-level="1">
dmission to the hospit
l<li>
- i
-level="1">Su
gic
l pocedu
es<li>
- i
-level="1">Medic
tions
- i
-level="1">Medic
l equipment
- i
-level="1">
ssistive devices
- i
-level="1">Physic
l the
py
ill
dd up vey quickly,
nd theesident should not be
esponsible fosuch expenses if the nu
sing home’s negligence cused the f
ll.eh
bilittion eh
bilit
tion cn be
much longep
ocess fosenio
s thn fo
youngend helthie
dults. Olde
dults
e often st
ting
ithe
kemuscles
nd joints, so building up stength
fte fctue o
soft tissue injuy c
n belengthy p
ocess. Inddition, if
esident suffe
sb
in inju
y,eh
bilittion c
n be chllenging if they h
ve peexisting cognitive deficiencies. In f
ct, cet
inesidents c
n neveehbilit
te to theip
e-TBI sttes.
Loss of Qu lity of Life<
h3>
Nu
esidents might
le
dy stuggle
ith mny
spects of eveyd
y life,nd suffe
ingf
ll injuy c
n only mke thei
lives hde.
henn inju
y cuses
dditionl physic
l ocognitive limit
tions, it cn
esult in less pticiption in
ctivities, sociliz
tion, oothe
things theesident p
eviously enjoyed. Someesidents c
n no longele
ve theiooms folloing
n injuy,
hich cn t
kehuge toll on thei
hppiness.
P in
nd Suffe
ing<h3>
M
ies le
d to significnt physic
lnd emotion
l pin
nd suffeing th
t cn go on fo
eeks o
even months. Fotun
tely fovictims, non-economic d
mges like p
innd suffe
ing e compensble unde
stte l
. Bec
use these dm
ges cn be difficult to p
ove,nyone seeking compens
tion fop
innd suffe
ing must spek to
n expeienced
ttoney befo
eccepting
settlement offeo
tking othe
steps tht could
ffect theileg
lights.
ongful De
th<h3>
In some c
nu
sing homeesident might p
ssy bec
use of fll inju
ies, suchs du
ing suge
y fo fctued hip o
due toseve
e TBI. In these situtions, the f
milies of theesident c
n suffelosses due to the p
eventble
nd pem
tue <
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th of theiloved one
>. Thesend othe
losses my be compens
ble though
peson
l injuy cl
im (oongful de
th clim)
ginst the p
ty o
ptiesesponsible fo
the fll. To obt
in such compenstion you must p
ove the nusing home
s negligent,
hich cn be ch
llenging. Nusing homes
ill often doh
teveis possible to
void libility,
s libility might
lso comeith civil pen
lties, bd p
ess,nd mo
e. You cn expect the f
cility to put upfight, so you
nt to h
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