Your Rights if a Family Member is Injured in a Nursing Home Fall

If your family member is in a nursing home or assisted care facility, you expect the best possible care and support.  Your elderly family member may be at risk for a fall, and require assistance with transfers, and activities of daily living.   There are care plans in nursing home facilities, which describe the type of care and assistance necessary.  There are trained staff to reduce the risk of harm to residents.  All of these safeguards are in place to help help protect your loved one, and let them live their life with dignity.  Nevertheless, far too often, residents in nursing home and long term care facilities are not adequately assisted, or supervised, which can, and does, result in serious injuries.  In our experience, a common incident that we see in nursing homes is a fall of the resident.  For the elderly, falls often result in serious injuries including orthopedic injuries, head injuries, brain injuries, and even death.  For the elderly, a serious fall can lead to life-threatening complications. 

Sadly, many falls occur because the nursing home failed to follow the plan of care, or failed to have sufficient trained staff on site.  If a loved one has been injured in a nursing home accident, you may want to understand how the accident occurred.  These accidents can be investigated by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care.  In addition to the findings of the Ministry and remedies advanced by the Ministry, the injured resident and their family may also be able to bring a claim for the injury or loss.  These nursing home injury claims can be complex, as the information is controlled by the facility.  An experienced nursing home injury lawyer can assist.  Our law firm does not ask for any fees upfront, and consultations are absolutely FREE with no obligation.  If we can assist, we will usually agree to accept cases on a contingency fee retainer so that you pay nothing unless we are successful in resolving your claim.  To learn more about your rights following a serious injury at a nursing home, call us for a Free Consultation or complete our online contact form here. 

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