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$1M Pennsylvania Jury Verdict Against Nursing Home For Resident’s Fractures From Falls Due To Inadequate Staffing

December 22, 2017

A Pennsylvania nursing home negligence jury returned its verdict in the amount of $1 million, which included $750,000 in punitive damages, against a Pennsylvania nursing home operator and others, for the fractures suffered by a resident as a result of multiple falls that were allegedly due to the nu[...]

Louisiana Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Nursing Home In Fall Case

December 17, 2017

In its unpublished written opinion filed on December 6, 2017, the State of Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Circuit (“Louisiana Appellate Court”) held that the trial court had erred by granting summary judgment to the defendant nursing home in a Louisiana nursing home negligence lawsuit [...]

Nursing Home Negligence: Resident Falls And Then Placed Back In Bed Without Proper Medical Care

January 31, 2016

It is too often that we are contacted by the family of a nursing home resident who was seriously injured after falling out of bed or from a wheelchair while in the nursing home, only to be placed back in bed or placed back in a wheelchair, without receiving proper medical evaluation and medical care[...]

California Nursing Home Sued For 91-Year-Old’s Fall

September 5, 2014

On August 27, 2014, a California nursing home negligence lawsuit was filed against an Arroyo Grande nursing home for the serious injuries suffered by a 91-year-old resident after she slipped and fell to the floor in her bathroom because the nursing home staff failed to help her. The nursing home m[...]

Grim Statistics For Nursing Home Residents Who Suffer Hip Fractures

June 27, 2014

In an article appearing in this week’s online edition (June 23, 2014) of JAMA Internal Medicine, it was reported that among the Medicare population studied who suffered a hip fracture, 13% died within three months, 24% died within twelve months, and only 50% of those who survived at least six [...]

Nursing Home Falls

May 9, 2014

Too many elderly and infirmed residents of nursing homes in the United States suffer preventable falls that result in further physical or mental deterioration, including fractures that may require surgery or even an untimely and unexpected death. Many nursing home falls are foreseeable and preventab[...]

Risk Of Nursing Home Fall Injuries Increases With SSRI Use

October 21, 2012

A British study regarding the use of SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) for nursing home residents has shown an association between the use of SSRIs and an increased risk of falls causing injuries in nursing homes, with the risk increasing as the dose is increased. The study also s[...]

One In Five New Nursing Home Residents Fall In First Thirty Days

June 30, 2012

A recently published study that reviewed data from Medicare and Medicaid involving more than 230,000 new nursing home residents in almost 10,000 nursing homes throughout the United States during 2006 found that 21% of them fell at least one time during their first 30 days in the nursing home. Falls[...]

Iowa Nursing Home Fall Results In $15,000 State Fine

May 20, 2012

State nursing home regulators in Iowa have announced that a nursing home in Washington, Iowa has been fined $15,000 as a result of an investigation into a resident’s fall at the nursing home. According to the report of the investigation, the employees of the nursing home were enjoying a Christ[...]

Texas Example Of A Nursing Home Medical Malpractice Claim

November 18, 2011

Nursing homes provide medical care to residents who need such care for short-term rehabilitation or long-term care. When nursing homes negligently fail to provide necessary care, or negligently provide care that they are required to provide to residents, then the nursing homes may be subject to med[...]

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