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Many elderly patients in nursing homes, especially those who suffer from dementia, may stray away from a care facility. While facilities are responsible for preventing such hazards, failure to supervise, inadequate staffing, and failed alarm systems all contribute to the risk of “walk-away” patients. This is a rising trend and a leading cause of injury and death for patients in nursing homes, especially among those who suffer from dementia.

Wandering is a significant challenge, for caregivers as well as nursing home facilities. Patients who suffer from Alzheimer’s, memory loss, or other forms of dementia are at a higher risk of injury or death when they become lost or wander away from a care facility. Our Vero Beach nursing home injury attorneys are dedicated to representing victims of nursing home care negligence, including patients and their loved ones. In addition to providing experienced counsel in these complex cases, we are also committed to raising awareness concerning the potential risks faced by the elderly population.
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Whether the decision has already been made to place a loved one under nursing home care, or you are still weighing your options, carefully reviewing your options can help ensure a loved one does not fall prey to a poorly run facility.

You will likely have a number of questions about levels of care and assistance, cost, resources, and quality of life for nursing home patients, as well as safety and emergency assistance. Starting your search early can make the transition easier for you and your loved one and also ensure that you find the best fit.

With more elderly persons living into old age, many families are faced with the difficult decision of whether to place their ailing loved one in nursing home care. It is important that families feel confident and comfortable as they move forward with this phase in life. Our West Palm Beach nursing home negligence attorneys are dedicated to raising awareness about nursing home related injury. We are also committed to helping Florida residents find the resources they need to make the best decisions when choosing nursing home care.
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When dolling out medications to nursing home patients, doctors, nurses and pharmacists must be vigilant in ensuring the medication type, dose and timing is proper.

Unfortunately, there are so many different points at which a Fort Pierce nursing home medication error might occur. Perhaps an anti-psychotic drug is unnecessary. Maybe the amount is far too high or interacts poorly with another medication already being received. In some cases, doses might be skipped altogether.

When these incidents result in serious injury or death, experienced legal counsel can best help you determine your legal rights.
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Sexual assault cases in general are one of the most vastly under-reported crimes, despite the immensely traumatic physical and emotional impact.

nursing home abuse lawyers in West Palm Beach know that victims in nursing homes are among the most vulnerable, for numerous reasons. They may be in constant fear of their aggressor. If they suffer dementia, they may be confused about what’s happened. They may also fear, as so many victims do, that they won’t be believed.

In one recent case out of Minnesota, this is precisely what happened, with the nursing home administrator not only dismissing the victim’s account, while her abuser continued to work at the facility, but also locking her in a psychiatric unit. This same administrator then reportedly withheld information when criminal investigators did launch an inquiry.
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A troubling case of nursing home abuse and neglect recently surfaced in New York, where authorities say the owners of the for-profit center sapped public funds while significantly reducing services, resulting in neglect, abuse and, in at least one case, the death of a 72-year-old patient.

Our nursing home abuse attorneys know that for-profit nursing homes in general have a terrible track record with regard to abuse and neglect, particularly when compared to not-for-profit facilities.

Profit is a powerful motivator for these facilities, and a Bloomberg investigation in 2001 found that 32 percent of charges billed to the federal government by for-profit nursing homes were improper. That was compared to 12 percent by non-profit centers. The reason this matters is because when patients are forced to undergo treatments, diagnostics and procedures that are unnecessary, it can be to their detriment. In some cases, patients end up severely injured.
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Palm Beach County is on the short list of counties that Florida officials are considering for the construction of new nursing homes to meet the needs of the state’s aging veterans.

Governor Rick Scott’s 2014 budget proposals include more than $1.5 million toward laying the groundwork for the construction of two new nursing homes by the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

Our West Palm Beach nursing home abuse attorneys are experienced representing patients victimized by neglect and inadequate care.
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The ailing, elderly veteran hadn’t paid his nursing home bill.

For this, he reportedly almost died.

According to news reports, he was driven by nursing home staffers to an empty, unfurnished apartment. He was not given any food, water, medication or phone. At the time, he was reportedly suffering from a life-threatening blood infection. He was also a diabetic, dependent on insulin, and was suffering congestive heart failure and other problems.

Our Sunrise nursing home abuse lawyers are appalled at the actions of the staffers at the Iowa facility and its corporate management. Apparently, such actions violate the company’s standards for protocol as well, with a spokeswoman for the agency quoted as saying that her firm doesn’t condone the actions and that it was an “unfortunate situation.”
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For those suffering from dementia, it is common at some point to experience difficulty swallowing.

Loved ones and health professionals confer at this point and sometimes conclude that a feeding tube may be the best solution to get nourishment to the patient.

However, our Boynton Beach nursing home abuse attorneys have been made aware of a growing body of evidence suggesting that not only are these devices likely not helping dementia patients, they may in fact be harming them.
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The nursing home abuse and neglect at a single facility in Minnesota six years ago was one of the worst that state had ever seen.

It reportedly involved the physical and sexual assaults of some 15 residents at the facility, ultimately resulting in the criminal conviction of two nursing aides and a change in state law. However, when victims and their families sought accountability against the nursing home itself, through a number of individual civil lawsuits, they found justice denied.

Under an antiquated state statute, called the “Survival Law,” personal injury claims involving a plaintiff who has died are not allowed to move forward. In the years since these lawsuits have been filed, every single one of the nursing home patients passed away. That meant their lawsuits died with them.
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A heartbreaking tragedy is unfolding in Canada, where 32 nursing home residents are presumed dead and another eight are confirmed, following a massive fire that broke out in the three-story structure in Quebec.

Although the cause of the blaze remains under investigation as officials continue the painstaking search for remains, there are reports that the fire began in a room where one of the residents was smoking a cigarette.

Our Martin County nursing home negligence lawyers note many of the dead residents at the facility were over the age of 85 and used walkers or wheelchairs. A good number also suffered from Alzheimer’s disease.
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