Wandering Off

Representing the Powerless against the Powerful

Sometimes a nursing home employee will prop a door open or fail to set an alarm. Such small actions can enable a confused patient to wander outside and even off the property. A patient taken outside in a wheelchair may be forgotten and left there all night because the nursing home did not conduct a thorough check on all patients.

Nursing Home Elopement
California, Nevada and Arizona Nursing Home Wandering Injury

When such situations occur, the nursing home neglect lawyers at the Brandi Law Firm can help the families determine what happened and why – and hold the nursing home accountable for poor security and negligent patient care at especially high risk. They may remember an errand from decades before and decide to leave the facility and walk to the bank or store. They get lost and confused and may not find their way back.

Wandering off or elopement can place patients in all sorts of dangers. But how can it be prevented? The nursing home should have locking gates that are kept locked – even when it might be more convenient for the employees to prop the doors open. There should always be an alarm that signals the staff that a door has been opened without the proper code. When a patient wanders off and the staff fails to discover the patient is missing, that patient could be in danger from exposure, falls, or other injuries.

If your loved one has wandered off from an elder care facility due to inadequate supervision, ask tough questions – and talk to a nursing home neglect lawyer about the nursing home’s responsibility.

Our nursing home neglect law firm represents elderly people and their families in nursing home neglect and financial abuse cases throughout California, Nevada and Arizona. Our nursing home neglect attorneys represent the powerless against the powerful.

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