Elder Abuse

Elder Abuse

$200,000

Our client fell at her home. She was a high fall risk and had significant dementia. After the hospital stabilized her, she was transferred to a skilled nursing facility. Within 24 hours of her admittance, she showed signs of restlessness, agitation and continuously tried to get out of bed. The facility put her in a wheelchair and had the medication nurse take her around the facility while the nurse was distributing medication. Despite this, our client fell at the facility and broke her hip. Even though she fell and showed signs of pain, the facility failed to send her to the hospital for a couple days. Thereafter, she had surgery on her hip and died months later.