At The Law Offices of Jeff Rasansky, we want to make sure your loved ones are properly cared for during their stay in a Nursing Home. It's important to keep a watchful eye for any signs of neglect or abuse. We provide this list of top 10 nursing home lawsuits to help you know what signs of abuse or neglect to watch out for.

The Top 10

These are the top 10 reasons for nursing home lawsuits.

1. Failure to administer medication or failure to administer proper medication.
2. Failure to prevent the development of pressure sores or bed sores or failure to prevent progression of bed sores or pressure sores.
3. Failing to maintain a staff of competent, qualified nurses or other caregivers who have appropriate levels of education and experience. The facility could be understaffed, or staffed with unqualified personnel.
4. Failure to notify physicians of significant changes in the condition of a resident and failure to act on changes in the condition of a patient.
5. Failure  to prevent certain falls by nursing home residents resulting in serious injury.
6. Failure to appropriately clean, monitor and insert catheters, resulting in severe injury or death.
7. Failure to provide appropriate medical history and or proper discharge instructions to other health care providers, including physicians, hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, and other nursing homes.
8. Failure to utilitize proper restraints, resulting in injury to the nursing home resident and violates the nursing home residents bill of rights.
9. Inappropriate treatment or abuse to the resident, resulting in personal injury to the nursing home resident and violating the resident's bill of rights.
10. Making misrepresentations to families regarding the level of service that can be provided at the nursing home facility.

We hope you will never have to file a lawsuit against a nursing home. If you keep these top 10 reasons for nursing home lawsuits in mind when choosing a nursing home, you will hopefully be better equipped to choose a nursing home that will provide a loving, nurturing environment for you loved one.

However, if you feel your loved one has suffered abuse or neglect in a nursing home, we are here to help. Jeff Rasansky is committed to protecting the rights of nursing home residents. Jeff has successfully represented victims of: personal injury, nursing home abuse, nursing home neglect, nursing home negligence and medical malpractice. There is no charge to contact us for help with your nursing home abuse lawsuit.

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