Illinois Address:
423 17th Street
Suite 201
PO Box 3544
Rock Island, IL 61201
Phone: (309) 794-1660
Fax: (309) 794-1454
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201 W 2nd Street, Suite 610
Davenport, Iowa 52801
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| Rock Island, Illinois Attorneys practicing in Iowa primarily in Catastrophic Injuries, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Nursing Home Accidents, Personal Injury, Trucking Accidents, Workers' Compensation, and Wrongful Death. Lawyers at Michael J. Warner Attorneys at Law are dedicated to serving their clients in Illinois and Iowa, including the cities of Rock Island, Davenport, Cambridge, Miorrison, Aledo, Galesburg, Muscatine, Iowa City, Mount Carroll, Galena, Oquawka, Peoria, Monmouth, Clinton, Bettendorf, Moline, East Moline, Silvis, Kewanee, and Geneseo, and the communities that make up Rock Island, Scott, Henry, Whiteside, Mercer, Knox, Muscatine, Johnson, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Henderson, Peoria, Warren, Clinton, Louisa, and Cedar counties. |
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Conclusion
A nursing home injury is any form of physical, cognitive, psychosocial, or financial harm that a nursing home resident suffers. In many cases a nursing home injury is preventable and is, in whole or part, the result of nursing home malpractice. A nursing home injury which is caused by nursing home malpractice can be the result of intentional act(s) or negligence.
Nursing home professionals have a duty to provide a standard of care and quality of life to each patient under their care. When these duties are not fulfilled and a patient suffers a nursing home injury, the negligent nursing professional or facility can be held liable for resulting damages.
Nursing home injury cases caused by nursing malpractice are a widespread problem in the United States. In 2003, USA Today reported that half of all nursing home patients suffer from untreated pain. While this pain is not always a direct cause of nursing home abuse, nursing professionals do have a responsibility to treat any patient with a nursing home injury. Federal government studies have indicated that at least thirty percent of the nursing homes in our nation have committed some form of negligence or malice that has caused nursing home injury to patients.
In response to this widespread occurrence of nursing home injury cases attributable to malpractice, the federal government passed a comprehensive law in 1987 called the Federal Nursing Home Care Reform Act. This law created a minimum set of standards regarding the care and rights of people living in nursing home facilities. As a result of this law and the prevalence of nursing home injury cases, state agencies now conduct unannounced inspections and evaluations of nursing home facilities every nine to fifteen months.
State inspectors investigate nursing home injury cases as well as any cases of non-compliance with nursing home standards. The results of these inspections are considered public information as well as any nursing home injury cases which are further investigated or prosecuted. There are at least 150 standards through which nursing home facilities are evaluated as outlined by federal law.
If you or a loved one has been the victim of nursing home abuse, please contact one of our experienced attorneys who will evaluate your case and assist you in protecting your rights.
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