Nursing Home & Assisted Living Neglect

“It was going to happen anyway.”

That is the defense in nearly every one of these cases. A resident develops a pressure wound, falls, becomes dehydrated, or loses the ability to walk — and the facility explains that this is what happens to frail, elderly people. Sometimes that is true. Very often the records say something else entirely.

A pressure wound that progresses from a surface abrasion to a Stage 4 injury reaching bone did not happen in a day. It happened over weeks, in a facility that sold the family a written care plan promising repositioning, toileting on a schedule, bathing, and skin monitoring — and then did not staff to deliver it.

What we look for

• The admission assessment and care plan, and whether the care actually delivered matched what was sold
• Staffing records against census, shift by shift
• Wound documentation, and any gap between the facility's charting and what the hospital found on transfer
• Prior citations and survey deficiencies at the same facility

These matters may be governed by a state's medical malpractice act, which can require an expert certificate before the case can even be served, and can cap damages. That is a reason to move early, not a reason not to call.

Call (202) 524-0123 for a free consultation.