More than 1,800 people die each year in nursing home falls.  All health care professionals in the nursing home setting must work together to help encourage nursing home safety.  Nursing homes are required to conduct a fall-risk assessment for every resident to determine who may be at risk for falls.  This puts the staff on [...]

The cornerstone to quality care in a nursing home is staffing.  Those with larger staffs tend to have fewer turnovers, more stability and are more likely to meet the needs of all the residents.  Homes should be staffed to provide at least 3 ½ to four hours of care per resident in a 24-hour period.  [...]

Our San Diego nursing home abuse attorneys are well aware of the negligent care that is unfortunately all too common in nursing homes these days. In 2007, Grover Brown, a paraplegic 37-year-old, debilitated by multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease, developed a pressure sore soon after arriving at the High Street care Center in East Oakland.  [...]