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Wrongful Death

Unfortunately, nursing home residents die each year as a result of nursing home neglect and abuse. These include deaths associated with bedsores, elopement and wandering, falls, malnutrition and dehydration, and the use of excessive chemical and physical restraints. In many cases, improperly trained staff or poor operational oversight leads to life-threatening infections, falls, injuries, and illneses that could have been prevented if the proper standards of care had been followed. Determining whether a death was caused by a nursing home’s negligence requires investigation by experienced attorneys and qualified medical experts. In some cases, the nursing home will try to cover up the cause of death by stating that the resident was old and not in good health. For example, the death certificate may list the official cause of death as “heart failure” when the real underlying cause was malnutrition and dehydration caused by nursing home neglect.

Wrongful death can be defined as a death that is directly attributed to the fault of another individual or collection of individuals. Wrongful deaths in nursing homes can be a result of:

• -Serious infections
• -Lack of resident supervision
• -Falls
• -Unsanitary conditions
• -Neglect of resident's basic needs
• -Medication errors