Appropriate Documentation In Hospitals and Long Term Care Facilities May Determine Ultimate Legal Responsibility says California Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Lawyer Steven Peck

Written by Adam Peck Category: Elder Law January 26th, 2013 1 min read

Appropriate documentation should always be performed on admission to nursing homes and all long term care medical facilities. This shall prevent clinicians from being held responsible for something that certainly could not have developed within that nursing home and / or hospital stay if the symptom had been documented as “present on admission.”

For example, a patient with the stage 3 decubitus ulcer, also known as a pressure sore and bed sore noted on the third day in the facility obviously did not develop that condition during that admission, but if this is not documented on the intake, it could cause litigation that might have been avoided.

– from Steven Peck, Senior Attorney at Peck Law Group

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Written by Adam Peck

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Adam J. Peck, ESQ is a principal with Peck Law Group, APC. In 2008, Mr. Adam Peck received his Juris Doctorate from Whittier Law School where he graduated Cum Laude. His practice is primarily dedicated to representing Elders, Dependent Adults, along with their loved ones and family members, who have suffered horrific personal injuries.