An elderly woman rolled out of bed and suffered a debilitating hip fracture and head injury at Brittany Manor in Midland, Michigan, on June 5, 2010. It was the third time she had fallen out of bed in that facility….
Man Suffers Multiple Injuries After Falling From the Third Story of a Nursing Home
Two days after being admitted to St. Anne’s Convalescent Center in Detroit for short-term, post-operative rehabilitation and IV antibiotics, a man escaped his room by tying together bed sheets and climbing out of his third story room. The nursing home…
Woman Dies Due to Closed Head Injury After Fall in Nursing Home
Olsman, Mueller, Wallace & MacKenzie filed a lawsuit against Evergreen Manor Senior Care in Battle Creek, Michigan, on behalf of a woman who died six days after falling from her wheelchair. Upon her admission on June 29, 2010, staff evaluated…
NURSING HOME INJURY: TOO LITTLE TOO LATE
As nursing home lawyers, we see many cases of preventable injury in nursing homes. We represent a client in a case in Midland County who was severely injured when she was being pushed in a wheelchair without footrests. Her foot…
Iron County Medical Care Facility (Crystal Falls, MI) failed to protect resident from falls, resulting in hip fracture
On November 23, 2011, a resident fell while attempting to walk to the bathroom, unassisted, despite requiring stand-by assistance. While backing herself into the toilet, she became tangled up in her oxygen tubing, fell forward, and hit her head on…
Mackinac Straits Long Term Care Unit cited after resident suffers second degree burn when staff failed to check temperature of hot pack
During a survey performed at Mackinac Straits Long Term Care Unit in December of 2011, the state surveyor discovered that a resident had sustained a second degree burn that was 9 cm X 5 cm in size after receiving a treatment using a moist…
Lahser Hills Care Centre fails to provide resident with assistance of two persons for transfers, resulting in fractured ankle
Despite requiring two person assistance for safe transfers, on November 4, 2011, a nursing assistant transferred a resident on her own and without a gait belt. During the transfer from her wheelchair to her bed, the resident almost fell and…
Josephson Nursing Home
Josephson Nursing Home in Ironwood cited by the State of Michigan on November 2, 2011 for failing to make sure that the nursing home area is free of dangers that cause accidents, which resulted in actual harm to a resident. …
NO FOOTRESTS, SEVERE FRACTURE
A lawsuit was recently filed in the Midland County Circuit Court on behalf of a resident of MidMichigan Stratford Village whose right leg was severely fractured when she was being pushed in a wheelchair without footrests. Wheelchairs look safe and…
Taxpayers Pick Up the Check for Fall Related Injuries
A recent article by Nary W. Carter and Frank Porell in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society estimates that every year, 6.4 million people over the age of 65 suffer injuries requiring medical attention. Medicare spends 8 billion dollars per…