..Even though most nursing homes provide good care, others subject helpless residents to needless suffering and sometimes even death. When a nursing home is inadequately staffed or the employees are poorly trained, they will fail to provide good treatment and to preserve a resident's health and safety. If the resident suffers injury, the facility may be negligent. To learn more about Nursing Home Abuse and Negligence, please contact our office for information on legal rights, how to choose a nursing home, injuries that may occur due to neglect, and much more.

THE MOST COMMON PROBLEMS

• Bedsores
• Falls and fractures
• Physical or chemical restraints
• Malnutrition or dehydration
• Defective equipment
• Sexual assault
• Improper medication
• Physical abuse or unexplained injury
• Weight gain or loss
• Unexpected or wrongful death
• Unsanitary conditions
• Untrained or insufficient staff
• Over-sedation
• Abandonment
• Lack of supervision allowing residents to wander away from the facility

FEDERAL FUNDS

Nursing homes that receive federal funds through Medicare or Medicaid must comply with federal laws that require the home to provide a high quality of care.

FEDERAL REGULATIONS REQUIRE

• Sufficient staffing of nurses
• Assessment of the patient's functional capacity less than 14 days after admission and once every 12 months after
• Development of a care plan within 7 days of functional capacity assessment.
• Provide assistive devices and adequate supervision to prevent accidents
• Maintain proper nutrition and hydration
• Ensure that patients are free of significant medication errors
• Maintaining or enhancing the patient's quality of life
• Allowing patients to choose activities consistent with their interests and plan of care
• Provide supervised medical care for each patient by a physician
• Provide 24-hour physician services in case of an emergency
• Provide pharmaceutical services
• Maintain proper clinical records on each patient in accordance with accepted professional standards
• Prevention of the development of pressure sores and the necessary treatment if pressure sores already exist
• Administer the facility in a way that attains or maintains the highest practical physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each patient
• A care plan that includes measurable objectives and timetables to meet the medical, nursing, mental and social needs.
• Prevention of weakening the patient's ability to perform basic life functions, such as bathing, dressing, grooming, eating, and communicating.
• The nursing home must provide the necessary services to offer good nutrition, grooming, personal and oral hygiene, if a patient is unable to perform these basic life functions themselves.
• Treatment for incontinent patients, restoring as much normal bladder function as possible and preventing bladder infections

FREE CONSULTATION

If you, or someone you care about, have been the unfortunate victim of abuse or neglect in a nursing home, please contact Joe Dughman and Associates for a free consultation by calling :

615-244-3331 or 1-888-Joe-4-You

NO FEE WITHOUT RECOVERY