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Nursing Home Negligence | Raleigh Personal Injury

Brian Ricci | 372 Views | 08/01/2016

Nursing Home Negligence

If you think your loved one was injured or abused in a North Carolina nursing home case, you should do the following:

The first thing that you should do is documentation. This mainly consists of pictures. The old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words is most appropriate in a nursing home case. The types of cases that we typically see are what we call bed sores, also known as decubitus ulcers. In those cases, nursing home staff fail to turn patients on a regular schedule or turn them properly, resulting in ulcers that develop. The best way to document those ulcers are by taking pictures on a regular basis of your family member, including when their dressing changes are done by the staff.

The other types of nursing home abuse cases that we see are physical injuries, whether those are from your family member’s falling out of bed or not being supervised properly while they’re being transported to and from the bathroom. In those cases, once again, we would want you to take pictures, document all of your conversations and complaints with nursing home staff and administrators, in order for us to fully evaluate your loved one’s case.

If you have a loved one that was injured or was killed as a result of nursing home negligence, please contact us for a free consultation. Our toll-free number is 1-800-387-6406. We handle these cases statewide. If you would also like additional information concerning these types of cases, you can visit our website at www.riccilawnc.com.

Nursing Home Negligence | Raleigh Personal Injury

Nursing Home Negligence

If you think your loved one was injured or abused in a North Carolina nursing home case, you should do the following:

The first thing that you should do is documentation. This mainly consists of pictures. The old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words is most appropriate in a nursing home case. The types of cases that we typically see are what we call bed sores, also known as decubitus ulcers. In those cases, nursing home staff fail to turn patients on a regular schedule or turn them properly, resulting in ulcers that develop. The best way to document those ulcers are by taking pictures on a regular basis of your family member, including when their dressing changes are done by the staff.

The other types of nursing home abuse cases that we see are physical injuries, whether those are from your family member’s falling out of bed or not being supervised properly while they’re being transported to and from the bathroom. In those cases, once again, we would want you to take pictures, document all of your conversations and complaints with nursing home staff and administrators, in order for us to fully evaluate your loved one’s case.

If you have a loved one that was injured or was killed as a result of nursing home negligence, please contact us for a free consultation. Our toll-free number is 1-800-387-6406. We handle these cases statewide. If you would also like additional information concerning these types of cases, you can visit our website at www.riccilawnc.com.