The Centers for Disease Control has estimated that almost 2,000 nursing home residents die each year as a result of falls and injuries sustained in the nursing home. Although many residents in nursing homes are prone to falling and susceptible to being injured in a…
Adequate water allows the human body to function properly. The right amount of water is necessary to maintain body temperature, to maintain blood pressure, and to allow the body to get rid of waste. Access to clean and sufficient drinking water is so important that…
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…