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Nursing Home Unexplained Injury Lawyers
When people entrust their elders to the care of a nursing home, they do it because they believe the long-term care facility will provide better care than they can provide at home. When unexplained injuries occur; bruises and broken bones, for example, family members do not necessarily think it may be a sign of a larger problem. Negligence on the part of a nursing home, or abuse by a staff member or other resident, may be the cause. It is important to look for subtle signs of abuse or neglect when you visit your loved one in a nursing home.
Nursing Home Unexplained Injuries Lawyers
Suspicious or Unexplained Injuries
The lawyers at Solomon & Relihan have successfully litigated cases involving a wide range of injuries that, following investigation, turned out to be the result of negligence or abuse on the part of nursing home staff, such as:
- Unexplained and significant weight loss due to malnutrition
- Lethargy and fainting due to dehydration
- Bruises from assault by staff members or other residents
- Aspiration pneumonia due to inhalation of food particles, more common in elderly people and people with dysphagia
- Broken bones suffered because of improper use of restraints or from falls because staff failed to assist a resident with walking
- Burns from failure to supervise a patient when smoking or from improper medical treatment
- Injuries the resident suffered when he or she wandered off the property without supervision
- Urinary tract infections or sexually transmitted diseases resulting from sexual abuse
- Death from medication errors or untreated medical conditions, if staff failed to contact a doctor
