Denver Attorney Handling Claims for Failure to Supervise Nursing Home Patient
While a nursing home provides a valuable service to residents and their families, it is also a business. One way for these care facilities to be profitable is to reduce one of its biggest expenses: the staff. For residents and their families, injury from a failure to supervise nursing home patients is often the unfortunate result.
If your loved ones are paying the price for a failure to monitor residents by a nursing home, The O’Connell Law Firm, P.C., represents victims of nursing home abuse throughout Colorado, Wyoming and South Dakota. A skilled personal injury lawyer focused on preventing further abuse can help you find justice and financial compensation. Contact us today for a free initial consultation.
Improper supervision of nursing home patients and staff
Families paying nursing homes to care for their loved ones expect a reasonable level of care. Nursing homes must comply with many state and federal laws regarding certain standards of care and liability. Under-staffed homes, lack of supervision and poor training can result in:
- Repeated requests and long waits for help
- Failure to carry out a doctor’s orders (nursing malpractice)
- Medication errors
- Nutrition problems
- Serious injuries from falls
- Assaults by staff or other residents
- Fatal accidents
Insufficient staffing means that existing staff can be spread too thin to provide adequate care. Decreased management can lead to judgment errors or taking extreme measures such as the improper use of restraints that, in turn result in bed sores, dehydration and subtle behavioral changes from routine neglect.
Document incidents of neglect and failure to supervise nursing home staff
Carefully documenting all incidents is critical to a nursing home abuse case. Keep a detailed log of all events such as repeated failure to answer a call button, to unexplained injuries, etc. and the dates. Questioning staff and contact any assigned social worker. With our experienced guidance and representation, we will help you file and pursue claims against negligent homes and the overworked, mismanaged or undertrained staff.
Has a nursing home failed to supervise patients or staff, and has your loved paid the price? Contact nursing home negligence attorney Mike O’Connell at The O’Connell Law Firm, P.C. in Denver for a free initial consultation.
