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The Michigan nursing home abuse and neglect lawyers at our firm represent nursing home residents and their families in lawsuits against nursing homes and residential care facilities. There are strict laws and regulations to protect the safety and welfare of these residents. Unfortunately, nursing home patients do not always receive appropriate care and the results can be severe and are often deadly.

When an elderly person moves into a nursing home, the family places a tremendous amount of trust in the facility and its staff. If the patient is injured-or dies-due to improper treatment and neglect, that person or his or her family should explore taking action against the facility.

Causes of Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect

There are many different causes of nursing home abuse and neglect. These include:

Failure to turn or move immobile patients
Failure to bathe patients
Failure to supervise patients in baths and showers
Failure to monitor nutrition and hydration/malnutrition
Failure to use bed rails
Verbal abuse of residents
Failure to supervise patients
Failure to train staff properly
Patients wandering away from the facility
Reduced staff-patient ratios

Symptoms of Abuse or Neglect

The lawyers at Buckfire & Buckfire, P.C., recommend that families be alert to these signs of nursing home abuse:

Pressure sores and bed sores,
Infections, including gangrene
Unexplained falls resulting in broken bones
Medication error
Fractures (frequently hips)
Bed sores
Debicutus Ulcers
Sepsis
Withdrawal, failure to speak, or
Unusual fears
Residents wandering away from the facility

Legal Rights

Patients and their families can file civil claims seeking money compensation for the injuries suffered due to nursing home neglect and abuse. In situations in which a patient dies due to the negligence of the facility, the family can file a Michigan Wrongful Death Claim for the loss of their loved one.

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Stage 4 Bedsores | Michigan Nursing Home Lawyers
Description: Michigan nursing home lawyers discuss Stage 4 bedsores caused by neglect or abuse in nursing home, hospital, foster homes, rehabilitation clinics, and other facilities.
Choking Injuries
Description: Michigan nursing home lawyers handling resident choking and asphyxiation cases in cities like Detroit, Lansing, Grand Rapids, Flint, Kalamazoo, Saginaw, Warren, Dearborn, and other major Michigan cities.
Patient Falls
Description: Nursing home injuries from patient falls and dropped patients may give rise to a Michigan nursing home neglect and negligence lawsuit.
Wandering Residents Leaving Faclities
Description: Nursing home negligence cases in Michigan are often filed after a patient wanders away from the nursing home or from the patient floor and suffers injuries.
Pressure Sores and Bed Sores in Nursing Homes
Description: Michigan nursing home negligence lawsuits and medical malpractice cases are often filed Michigan nursing homes and facilities due to patient's developing bed sores and pressure sores in cities like Detroit, Lansing, Grand Rapids, Flint, Kalamazoo, Saginaw, Warren, Dearborn, and other major cities.

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Description: Citizens for Better Care is a non-profit advocacy agency for residents of nursing homes, adult foster care homes, assisted living programs and homes for the aged located in Michigan
Michigan Nursing Homes
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National Center on Elder Abuse
Description: Information, assistance, and advocacy on elder abuse issues
National Library of Medicine
Description: Information on pressure and bed sores including treatment and prevention from the NLM and NIH

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