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Top Ten Nursing Home Injuries

Discovering that your loved one has been the victim of nursing home abuse is devastating. You place your trust in the nursing home facility and when that trust is violated, there needs to be accountability. Doctors, nurses, supervisors and other nursing home staff can be held liable for your family member’s nursing home injuries.

Nursing home injuries come in all different forms and can range in severity. The most common injuries seen in nursing homes include the following:

Malnutrition
Dehydration
Broken bones
Bed sores
Medicine mistakes
Bruising
Lacerations
Misdiagnosis
Burns
Head injury

Unfortunately, these types of injuries are common in nursing homes. Even nursing homes that have good reputations have been known to neglect residents. Since elderly residents are so reliant on the staff, just the slightest negligence can be deadly. There are many factors associated with nursing home neglect and abuse, such as understaffing, poor training and high turnover rates.

It is nearly impossible to foresee an injury at a nursing home. You may have done all of your homework, checked the nursing home’s record and visited the facility, but injuries still happen at an alarming rate and you cannot predict when your loved one will be a victim. However, there are some actions you can take to protect your family member. Visit the facility often, talk with staff members regularly and review the facility’s most recent inspection survey.

If you suspect that your elderly family member is the victim of nursing home abuse, contact an experienced New York nursing home abuse lawyer at Rappaport, Glass, Greene & Levine at (800) 734-9445 immediately. We have been representing injured New Yorkers since 1965 and can help you pursue justice for your loved one’s injuries. Our New York nursing home abuse attorneys know how to prepare these types of cases to produce results.