A Nursing Home Called a Fall Unavoidable. How a Connecticut Family Investigated
The family’s firm explains how care records and expert review informed a claim over the resident’s injuries.
The questionWas a fall in a nursing home really unavoidable, and how can a family find out?
Illustrative example
HARTFORD, Conn. — A Hartford family has settled for $675,000 with a nursing home after a resident with a known fall risk broke her hip in an unsupervised fall.
The facility told the family the fall could not have been prevented. Her care plan said otherwise.
The 84-year-old resident never walked again after the injury. The family wanted to know whether staff had followed her plan.
Ambrevane Law obtained the care plan, staffing schedules and call-light logs. A nursing expert found that the plan required two-person assistance and a bed alarm, and that neither was in place on the night she fell.
The nursing home's insurer paid $675,000 before trial.
The facility did not admit fault. Medical liens and fees were paid from the settlement.
Care plans, staffing records and call-light logs often show whether a fall was preventable.
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