The care of our elderly and infirm should be performed in a manner that is dignified and affords residents the care to which they pay for. Unfortunately, the drive for profit often compromises the dignity and the care that is rendered to residents of nursing homes and extended care facilities.

When bedsores erupt because of poor nutrition and lack of proper positioning the facility may be negligent.

When residents are fed via tubes that have been placed incorrectly and the feeding continues for an extended period of time and an overwhelming infection occurs resulting in death the facility may be negligent.

Most of the categories of negligence in the hospital context are applicable to nursing homes. Because the drive for profits is acute the staffing levels are often scant at best and residents do not receive the care for which they pay — either personally, through private insurance or by federal or state monies paid by Medicare or Medicaid.

Physicians who contract with facilities may only afford residents cursory examinations resulting in adequate or incomplete treatment.

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