Approximately one half of nursing home residents fall every year, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. About ten percent of the residents who fall are seriously injured. Therefore, it is important for all nursing home…
Nursing homes don’t want to accept responsibility for wrongful deaths of residents. They don’t want to pay damages and they don’t want their reputations to be harmed. However, if nursing home abuse or negligence was the cause of your loved one’s death, then you have…
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Nursing homes have a legal duty to provide reasonable care to residents. If that duty of care is breached and the resident is hurt or killed, then the nursing home may have been negligent and may be liable for the injuries or fatality that was…
Since 1978, the Kentucky Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program has advocated for the aging population in nursing homes and other long-term care homes in each of Kentucky’s 120 counties. Understanding Ombudsmen Duties Kentucky’s Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program trains ombudsmen to resolve conflicts, stand up for residents’…
Sudden weight loss in a nursing home resident is cause for concern. It can a symptom of a serious condition such as cancer, hypothyroidism, depression, dementia, or gastrointestinal illness…or it can be a sign that a nursing home resident is being neglected and is not…