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Posted on 4/29/2009
Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect
Nursing Home Falls and Fractured/Broken Bones Can Be Prevented
By Thomas Waitt Pleasant, Nursing Home Injury and Wrongful Death Attorney in North Carolina (Toll Free 888-435-7256). A recent online study indicates that nursing homes that take proactive steps (to include tests, medications, etc.) can reduce hip fractures for their nursing home residents. Broken bones and fractures are often the result of falls in elderly nursing home patients; so this study is significant. McKnight’s Long Term Care News & Assisted Living (http://www.mcknights.com/) is a great resource for news and information about nursing homes and the long term care industry in general; and there you will find the actual fracture article referenced here (http://www.mcknights.com/Study-Proactive-measures-can-halve-the-risk-of-hip-fractures-in-seniors/article/120435/?DCMP=EMC-MCK_Daily). It is good to know that people are studying this issue, because fall and fracture prevention (as well as the prevention of all other types of injuries and wrongful deaths) is the ultimate goal. Unfortunately, legal claims and/or lawsuits are often the only way to get the attention of the nursing home facilities (especially large nursing home chains) – by affecting their pocketbooks. Most nursing home attorneys I know got into this business because they saw a way to help change the system, and most would be happy to see fewer of the really bad cases that come through their law offices. I help people with nursing home and medical negligence problems in North Carolina. While my firm’s main locations are in Raleigh, Fayetteville and Wilmington; I travel to and handle cases in other parts of North Carolina as well. Call The Law Offices of Thomas Waitt Pleasant, PLLC at 888-435-7156 for a free consultation.There are no comments.
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