The Ohio nursing home abuse lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 represent innocent victims of neglect or mistreatment. Was your family member harmed? If so, contact our nursing home abuse attorneys today to schedule a free case evaluation and discuss the merits of filing a compensation case.
Unfortunately, thousands of nursing home residents suffer from a lack of mobility and getting the exercise they need in physical therapy programs. Even worse, more residents are the victims of abuse and neglect in the nursing home context.
Medicare routinely inspects, surveys, and investigates filed complaints on every nursing facility in the state of Ohio. According to the federal agency, 212 (thirty-two percent) of the 966 Ohio nursing homes were found to have severe violations and deficiencies that led to harm.
These facilities are now deemed below the national average because they provide their residents with substandard care.
Was someone you love abused, neglected, mistreated, or did they die prematurely while residing in a nursing facility? Contact the Ohio personal injury attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center today to discuss a claim for compensation during a free case review.
Common types of elder abuse and neglect include:
A research study from the University of California-San Francisco indicates that over twenty-eight percent of OH nursing homes were deficient in maintaining professional standards and providing sufficient quality of care. Researchers found that over forty-five percent of assisted living facilities also had an unsafe environment for residents in a single year.
The insufficient care meant that residents were using equipment in disrepair or that staff members were not professionally trained for transitioning or positioning residents. Residents might have been at a greater risk for suffering from falls in hallways.
Did someone you love suffer harm in any of these ways? If so, speak with an OH nursing home negligence lawyer. An attorney working your family's behalf will investigate the case giving up the attention it deserves.
Nursing home abuse is a severe issue in the state addressed by the legislature in various statutes. The Adult Protective Services Act and Abuse, Neglect or Misappropriation of Residents' Property at Long-Term Care Facility Act govern residents' treatment in the state.
Under the Abuse Act, one is guilty of abusing a resident if they knowingly or recklessly cause physical harm. The harm could involve using physical or chemical restraint, isolating the resident, or forcing the patient to consume medication as a punishment.
The patient's family can also consult several government agencies to obtain additional information or file a nursing home abuse report. These departments include the OH Department of Health, Department of Aging, Department of Health-Division of Quality Assurance, and the Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
Families searching for the best facility for a loved one might wish to review its historical data by speaking with the local ombudsman. The ombudsman maintains records for all statewide facilities and can provide families with information to help them make the right choice.
Families should pay attention to the facility's historical evidence of abuse or neglect before relocating their loved one into a care home.
Victims and family survivors could file compensation claims against the health care provider, nursing home, nursing staff, and nursing assistants. The damages are paid by the facility and provider's insurance companies up to the policy limits.
Under the Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987, nursing home residents have certain rights that might not be trampled upon by administrators or workers. Even abstract rights like the right to dignity might not be impeded under this Act.
Other more practical rights stated in the Act include the right to be free from physical or chemical restraints, the right to be free from neglect and abuse, the right to be informed about medical decisions that impact a care plan, the right to receive comprehensive information about a care plan and the right to have a say in one's medical treatment.
The nursing facility's medical staff must honor any object that the resident makes to forego taking medicine or undergoing surgery. Otherwise, the staff workers might be liable for violating a resident's rights under the Act.
An Ohio nursing home negligence lawyer is ready to provide you with the assistance that you need. Call one of our lawyers to learn more about the rights of someone you love and whether any compensation might be available for a violation of these rights.
Our attorneys are ready to help families in areas such as:
We understand that if someone you love was harmed, you need to stand up against the nursing home workers' unethical and profoundly disturbing behavior. Our attorneys can help.
Any nursing Home patient's degrading skin sore might be an indicator of neglect by the medical staff. Medical researchers know that all bedsores (pressure wounds; pressure ulcers; decubitus ulcers) could be prevented when the staff follows established healing protocols.
Any facility-acquired pressure ulcer usually indicates that the nursing center's staff is poorly trained, uncaring, or inattentive to the patient's needs.
Pressure wounds are not a warning sign of old age. They occur when pressure from the body makes continual contact with the pad, mattress, bedding material, or wheelchair.
The pressure restricts blood flow, which minimizes the amount of oxygen reaching skin and tissue. Common areas for pressure ulcers include the neck, back of the head, shoulders and shoulder blades, sacrum, buttocks, ankles, toes, and heels.
Pressure wounds could develop in as little as two hours when the patient is immobile. Mobility-challenged individuals, including the bedridden and people in wheelchairs, have the highest potential for developing a pressure wound.
Many residents cannot readjust their body without assistance to alleviate the pressure. However, developing a skin sore is eliminated with routine "turnings" or readjustments by the staff every two hours or less.
Unfortunately, many nursing home administrators focus more on generating profits and less on professionally training nursing home staff to provide premium care for every patient. In some situations, administrators will discharge or relocate the patient to another facility to avoid litigation when the resident develops severe bedsores.
Our OH nursing home lawyers are ready to help your family when a loved one developed a facility-acquired skin sore.
The medical community categorizes pressure wounds in four specific stages, which include:
Debridement is crucial to remove all dead tissue and skin. Developing an infection is likely if the wound is not attended to continuously.
An infection of the bone (osteomyelitis) or blood (sepsis) can place the patient in grave danger. Many nursing home patients succumb to a facility-acquired pressure wound due to an infection.
Victims suffering a pressure wound can hire a pressure ulcer lawyer to stop the negligent action at the nursing home immediately. A skilled nursing home negligence attorney with years of experience handling medical malpractice claims will take steps to report the abuse to every appropriate nursing facility regulatory agency.
In addition, the law firm can send medically trained personnel to the nursing home to provide immediate medical care.
If you are looking for an attorney to assist with the investigation or prosecution of a nursing home abuse case involving skin sores or other injuries, visit the pages below:
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