On appeal, Timely Mission argues that a new trial is warranted because the jury heard improper testimony from nursing home staff members that a certified nursing assistant, Melanie Blakesley, had physically and verbally abused residents other than Weaver.

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From the website page summarizing my experience in nursing home injuries

The health care of our elderly, particularly our parents, is an issue of growing concern. Advances in medicine continue to prolong life. About 1.6 million US citizens are functionally dependent and living in nursing facilities. That figure is expected to climb to 5 million in thirty years.

One report estimates that 250,000 people currently die each year in the US because of mistakes made by medical professionals. According to Dr. Donald Berwick of the Institute of Medicine, these figures are an “underestimate”. The Committee Chairman who wrote the Institute of Medicine’s Report had this to say:

“These stunningly high rates of medical errors – resulting in deaths, permanent disability and unnecessary suffering – are simply unacceptable in a medical system that promises first to “do no harm.”” William Richardson, Chief Executive Officer of the WK Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Michigan.

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My Nursing Home Abuse Page

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Caring for our seniors is perhaps the greatest responsibility we have. Those who walked before us have given so much and made possible the life we all enjoy.

John Hoeven, U.S. senator

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Family and adult-gerontology primary care constitute 66% of all claims – with most occurring in the office of an NP or physician and many involving diagnoses and medication prescribing failures. The neonatal specialty again represents the highest average total incurred of closed claims.

You can access the Nurse Practitioner Professional Liability Exposure Claim Report (5th Edition) here.

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“Even though things were bad,” said Calora, “it doesn’t give people license to practice beneath the standard of care.”

A Washington lawyer observes that the pandemic created a free for all in health care where providers were operating willy-nilly in the face of a poorly understood disease.

In my own experience, it was the pandemic rules that kept people out of hospitals and away from family bedsides that made it more difficult. Family members at the bedside are the last line of defense in patient safety. Without concerned family keeping track of care, an essential guard rail was removed that promoted carelessness. To make matters worse, it was difficult if not impossible for family members to keep track remotely by phone. This made any turn of events for the worse an opaque disaster – a puzzle that could not be solved without obtaining the medical records.

Link to the story out of Washington state is here:

Pandemic Major Factor in Legal Cases of Medical Carelessness

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FAU team receives $1 million grant to identify effective fall prevention strategies for older adults

Nursing homes and assisted living facilities are governed by special rules. These rules are separate from the normal statutes and rules applied to doctors and hospitals in medical malpractice cases. You can learn more about my experience handling nursing home falls and other patient rights cases using the link below.

My Nursing Home Abuse Litigation Experience

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While this happened in Spain (link to the story here), we all saw similar stories here in the US: family members touching windows when lucky enough to do so as a substitute for visiting parents and grandparents.

The injuries or complications caused by medical error are increased in the elderly population, who are often vulnerable due to illness and have long lengths of stay. Congress found that between January 1999 and January 2001 more than thirty percent of nursing homes in the United States – 5,283 nursing homes – were cited for an abuse violation that had the potential to create harm.

Click here to learn more about my experience in nursing home cases and call or send me a message from the website if you have any questions.

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