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Both lawsuits allege that inadequate care from the Ackley, Iowa, facility led to the women being seriously injured there and then dying as a result of those injuries, the news website noted. If your loved one has been injured or neglected while living in a nursing home contact the nursing home abuse lawyers in Milwaukee today for a free legal consulation.
One of the lawsuits involves a 96-year-old resident who left the Alzheimers unit and was found outside in the ice and snow several hours later, the site wrote, adding that she was alleged to have left through several open or unlocked doors.
Patients with Alzheimers disease have a tendency to wander into unsafe areas, according to a research paper by Marie Boltz, an associate professor at the Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing.
A person who wanders is at risk for elopement, the act of leaving a safe area unsupervised and unnoticed and entering into harms way, Boltz says in her paper.
She adds that a person who wanders in a nursing home needs a lot of supervision.
In another research paper, several geriatric care specialists recommend that staff members at long-term care facilities prevent wandering by being attentive to the physical, social, and emotional needs of the at-risk resident.
Last year, the former medical director of Presbyterian Village wrote a letter showing concern about the staffing levels and the quality of the care at the nursing home, according to WCFCourier.com.
Contact Pitman, Kalkhoff, Sicula & Dentice. Our highly experienced Milwaukee injury lawyers and legal professionals can help you pursue justice.
A nursing home should never allow patients to wander. Doing so is a sign of neglect. If your loved one was injured as a result of such neglect, you have a right to seek compensation.
Take action now. Call us at 414-333-3333 today, or fill out our free case evaluation form.
This page has been written, edited, and reviewed by a team of legal writers following our comprehensive editorial guidelines. This page was approved by attorney Jeffery A. Pitman, who has more than 28 years of legal experience and handled thousands of personal injury cases while obtaining millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements in Wisconsin.
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