Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect is the Negligent Failure to Provide Services

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

In this matter Healthcare failed to provide George Accardo with the care and treatment that he deserved as a resident of California says California Elder Abuse Attorney Steven Peck as herein follows:

Failed to assess his risks for falls and develop interventions that would help to prevent falls.
Failure to recognizing Mr. Accardo’s needs continued when he fell out of his wheelchair.
Failure of staff to complete a Falls Risk Assessment after Mr. Accardo first fall. Instead, they elected to obtain an order for a Geri chair and soft belt restraint for safety.
Failure to properly use restraints as the use of a Geri chair and a soft belt restraint in combination is considered a “double restraint”. Mr. Accardo was more than likely unable to get out of the Geri chair on his own due to his left sided weakness. This practice only increased his risk for an adverse outcome using two types of restraints simultaneously.
Failure to Care Plan with interventions such as bed and chair alarms and floor pads may have prevented his last and serious fall with injury.

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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.