This is shocking, and worthy of front page news across the globe. As reported by the New York Times, “More than 90 percent of nursing homes were cited for violations of federal health and safety standards last year, and for-profit homes were more likely to have problems than other types of nursing homes . . . Inspectors received 37,150 complaints about conditions in nursing homes last year, and they substantiated 39 percent of them.”
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services further found that approximately 17% of nursing homes had deficiencies that caused “actual harm or immediate jeopardy” to patients. The report found numerous issues at the nursing homes, including bedsores, medication mix-ups, poor nutrition, and abuse and neglect of patients. Families entrust nursing homes with their loved ones, and the behavior of these institutions is unexcusable.
If you believe your loved one has sustained abuse, neglect and injury at the hands of a nursing home, contact Tim Edwards or Ed Wallis today at (901) 527-2125, or send us an e-mail by clicking HERE.
