If you have an elderly parent or relative in a nursing home or other long-term care facility, beware. Nursing home residents are subject to serious injuries from poor medical care, neglect, and other types of nursing home malpractice. At the Scanlan Law Group, we are well aware of the fact that nursing home malpractice is all too common, and we do whatever we can to help the victims of nursing home malpractice put their lives back together.

Nursing home malpractice can lead to a wide variety of serious injuries, illnesses and conditions, including:

• Malnutrition
  
  
• Dehydration
  
  
• Urinary tract infections
  
  
• Pneumonia
  
  
• Lowered immunity
  
  
• Incontinence
  
  
• Anemia
  
  
• Loss of muscle mass
  
  
• Bed sores
  
  
• Slip and fall injuries
  
  
• Emotional and psychological distress
  
  
• Sexual abuse
  
  
• Injuries resulting from the improper use of physical restraints
  

Additionally, any negligence in the provision of medical care at nursing homes can lead to the same types of injuries that result in standard medical malpractice cases.

There are many causes of nursing home malpractice, but the primary cause is believed to be chronic understaffing at most nursing home and other long-term care facilities. According to a recent federal study, approximately 90 percent of U.S. nursing homes have insufficient staffing levels to provide the necessary care to their residents. Although a few states have passed laws to establish minimum nurse to patient ratios, most states have not passed any such laws, and this problem is expected to increase in the future as our increasingly aged population makes its way into these facilities.

Because nursing home malpractice cases can be very complex, you need experienced and aggressive attorneys to successfully handle them. The Scanlan Law Group has the necessary experience. We have sued nursing homes and other individuals responsible for nursing home malpractice, and are not afraid to take them to trial if one of our clients has been injured. Accordingly, if you or someone you know have sustained an injury as a result of nursing home malpractice, contact the Scanlan Law Group for a free initial consultation.