When families make the tough choice to put a loved one in a nursing home, they want to know that they will be well taken care of and protected. However, unfortunately, this is not always the case. Staff in nursing homes may fail to provide residents with necessary care and supervision due to a lack of available staff or insufficient training. These locals may suffer serious harm or possibly perish as a result of this. Get all your answers to personal injury questions without hesitance with a certified lawyer.
An injured loved one may be entitled to bring a personal injury case against the nursing home where the injury happened if the injury was the product of the facility’s negligent care or supervision. It is possible to get your loved one the financial compensation they are due for their injuries by filing a personal injury lawsuit against the nursing facility that was at fault.
Bringing a lawsuit against a nursing home and proving negligence.
It may be more difficult to prove the elements of negligence when filing a personal injury claim against a nursing home than it would be when filing a similar claim against an individual, given that a nursing home is not a person. A nursing home may be held responsible for the carelessness of its personnel if it is understaffed, if its employees are not appropriately trained, or if it does not adequately oversee them.
Respecting the Duty to Exercise Reasonable Care
When someone moves into a nursing home, they (or a representative acting on their behalf) may likely be asked to sign a contract specifying the terms under which they will be cared for. Provisions describing the degree and standard of care that is to be provided by nursing home staff to the patient will likely be included in the duties and obligations due to the resident by the nursing home. This agreement may be used as evidence in a negligence case against the nursing home to show that the facility had a duty of care to the wounded person.
Negligence / Failure to Take Reasonable Care
The second thing a wounded patient needs to show is that the nursing home deviated from the acceptable standard of care in treating them, either because of faulty rules and procedures or because of employees who breached a resident’s duty of care.
