failure to monitor

Often, litigation against nursing homes is concerned with the neglect of patients. The worst fears of both nursing home residents and their family are sometimes realized, as patients are ignored for hours, are deprived of basic and necessary monitoring, and sit helpless, desperate for basic care. Nursing homes that do not hire sufficient staff in an attempt to cut costs may be fully liable for the neglect that inevitably results.

In other cases, the negligence is of a medical type. Often, these cases also involve neglect, failure to provide necessary medication or medical monitoring, or even mistakes in prescriptions or treatment. At times, cases of direct abuse arise, in which nursing home employees assault their patients. Such rare, tragic occurrences are out of the purview of most personal injury lawyers. It requires a uniquely qualified law firm to pursue such cases.

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