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The action of putting your loved one in a nursing home can sometimes be a difficult but necessary decision. Nursing homes are in the community to provide care for people who are unable to care for themselves. But when the nursing home staff is negligent, and allows your loved one to slip and fall then there needs to be swift action taken to ameliorate the situation.

People in nursing homes are usually elderly, may have cognitive declines and are often unable to successfully care for themselves alone at home. But if your loved one is in a nursing home and slips and falls, it may become a serious injury. Many people who fall in a nursing home can experience complications, whereby the elderly individual becomes even more incapacitated. This can make it difficult to discuss with the nursing home staff, that your loved one fell because of the overt negligence of the nursing home staff.

Nursing Homes Have a Duty to Manage the Overall Care of the Residents

When your loved one is placed at a nursing home, that person’s care is under the ultimate control of the nursing home care attendants and staff. That means that the nursing home staff needs to be careful to monitor your loved one, to ensure that there are no issues related to falling, slipping or tripping at the nursing home. In essence, the nursing home staff needs to manage care of your loved one to:

  • Check the eyesight of the residents, to ensure they can see to walk
  • Have proper lighting in all resident rooms and hallways
  • Provide a visual acuity evaluation for the nursing home residents
  • Assess a fall risk factor analysis for all residents
  • Modify the environments in the rooms and hallways to prevent falls for residents
  • Promote an exercise program for residents
  • Manage any medication changes for the residents
  • Assess if an assistive device is needed to help the resident walk
  • Review balance training interventions for the residents
  • Provide resident education on trip and fall prevention

When an elderly person has slipped and fallen at the nursing home, it is the responsibility of the nursing home director, administration and caregivers to ensure the safety of your loved one. If you find that the person you have entrusted to the nursing home staff is tripping, slipping or falling at the nursing home, it may be time to give us a call. When you call us, we can discuss your options regarding litigation against the nursing home.

If you have an issue with the care your loved one is receiving at the nursing home, get in touch with the highly experienced team at Walch Law today. It can be a difficult decision to have to bring an action against a caregiver, but if you are being mistreated, that is exactly what should happen in this type of case. We are able to talk to you about your case of personal injury from care at a nursing home, and can explain the next steps to receiving a full recovery compensation package for your case. 1-844-999-5342

 

 

 

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