Pleasant Law Blog (Insurance Claims, Medical Misakes, and Nursing Home Claims)

Nursing Home Attorneys Often See Medical Malpractice As Well

In screening nursing home injury, accident, abuse, neglect and/or wrongful death claims, lawyers often see claims that are really more traditional medical negligence or medical malpractice type claims. Suppose a loved one goes to a North Carolina rehabilitation facility or nursing home for rehabilitation following a stroke. The treatment that resident gets as that nursing home could be substandard or negligent; and the resident may end up injured or in serious jeopardy health-wise. That nursing home resident could end up in a hospital's intensive care unit, and then later be inappropriately (e.g., too early) transferred out for further rehabilitation. A seriously or critically injured or ill person transferred to another facility can sometimes be put in worse shape just through the trauma of travel. This can lead to a medical malpractice claim against the hospital itself for prematurely and negligently releasing this patient to a nursing home. If you have a loved one who is being released from a hospital before you think it is time, pay close attention, and consider contacting a North Carolina lawyer for help if you feel the hospital or medical facility is not doing the right thing.