Nursing Home Falls With Fractures

Key Takeaways

• Disrupted Continuity of Care: A facility renovation displaced the high-fall-risk resident to a new room with caretakers who were inadequately trained on her specific safety protocols.
• Negligent Monitoring: Despite her known fall risk, the new staff left the vulnerable resident completely unattended while toileting, directly causing a devastating fall.
• Cascading Complications: The preventable fall resulted in a fractured pelvis and a dislocated shoulder, forcing the client to become bedridden and subsequently develop multiple painful pressure ulcers.

Unattended Toileting Fall Causes Severe Fractures

In this case, our client was admitted to a Florida nursing home due to her increased risk for falls. During the first several months of her residency, the nursing home staff carefully monitored her condition and provided necessary assistance with her activities of daily living (ADL). As a result, our client sustained only one fall with no resulting injuries.

Unfortunately, several months into our client’s residency, the Florida nurisng home underwent a renovation, so our client was removed from her original room and placed in a new room with caretakers who were not adequately knowledgeable or trained on her specific needs.

Consequently, the staff left our client unattended while toileting, she fell and sustained a fractured pelvis and dislocated shoulder. As a result of the injuries from the falls with fractures, our client became bedridden and suffered multiple pressure ulcers and skin breakdown.

When a loved one like this suffers from nursing home neglect, the Orlando nursing home attorneys at Warner & Warner in Casselberry, Florida, will fight for the patient’s rights. We are aggressive, committed and professiona. We care deeply and give our clients the highest quality of representation possible. We have extensive experience in complex nursing home litigation and we work hard to obtain full compensation in cases of nursing home abuse or nursing home neglect.