Indiana Inadequate Staffing in Care Facility Lawyer
Many nursing home residents are extremely vulnerable and require careful and frequent supervision. Poor supervision can result in serious injury, worsening illness and even death for nursing home residents.
- Patients who are recovering from hip or knee surgery or who are unsteady on their feet need supervision when walking or they risk falls and broken bones.
- Bedridden patients require regular turning and cleaning to ensure bed sores don't develop or that sores that do develop do not become infected or abscessed.
- Alzheimer patients need constant supervision or they can suffer malnutrition or dehydration or wander away from the nursing home.
It's not only residents and patients who need supervision, it's also staff members. Inadequate staffing in care facilities often leads to poorly trained aides doing the work of nurses, or failing to do the work that needs to be done:
- Failing to provide medication at the correct time and in the correct dose
- Failing to maintain hygienic conditions, to clean medical equipment or tracheotomies, to remove soiled clothing, to maintain sterile conditions
- Failing to maintain charts
If your loved one has suffered an injury or has died in a nursing home or long-term care facility and you believe that lack of supervision and negligence played a role, talk to a nursing home negligence attorney at Geisleman & Brown, LLP.
Call 260.420.2001 to get your questions answered and learn about filing a nursing home negligence claim. You may also contact our Fort Wayne, Indiana, law office online.
Personal injury lawyers Dennis Geisleman and Dennis Brown know how to investigate nursing home negligence cases. They have a combined 40 years of experience helping the families of nursing home residents get justice and compensation in cases involving poor supervision, negligent medical care and even intentional abuse.
The Facts About Compensation in Nursing Home Injury Cases
Many families we work with have questions about how compensation is handled in nursing home injury cases. They want the nursing home to be held accountable but are unsure about financial damages if the elder patient is no longer a breadwinner, does not have any underage dependent children or, in the worst situations, may have died.
The value of a nursing home negligence case depends upon a number of factors:
- You can receive compensation for direct medical expenses for injuries or funeral expenses incurred because of a death.
- Elders can recover financially for their pain and suffering and loss of quality of life.
- The court will consider the needs of family members. Financial dependents can recover more in monetary damages. A surviving spouse and grown children can seek compensation for loss of love and affection, but there may be statutory limitations and your recovery may be capped.
At our free initial consultation we can explain the financial facts involved in bringing a lawsuit for poor supervision in a nursing home or inadequate staffing in a care facility.
Questions Welcome — Free Initial Consultation at No Cost and No Obligation
We represent all clients on a contingency basis, which means that we charge no fee unless we win a recovery on your behalf. Contact our law office online or call 260.420.2001 to speak with an attorney about poor supervision or inadequate staffing leading to the injury or death of a loved one.
