Elopement (or wandering) occurs when a resident leaves a nursing home without authorization or appropriate supervision. This is a form of negligence, and can open the nursing home up to a personal injury claim.
Research shows that 50 percent of nursing home residents suffer from sort of dementia and found that 1 in 5 patients were prone to walk aimlessly through nursing home centers. These situations place nursing home residents - who are cognitively impaired - at serious risk for significant injuries.
If your loved one was hurt because the nursing home failed to keep proper supervision, our nursing home elopement lawyers can help.
Our nursing home elopement lawyer has seen a number of different injuries sustained by elders who have wandered away from their nursing home unsupervised. Elopement injuries include:
Contact the experienced nursing home elopement lawyers at Rasansky Law Firm NOW for a FREE Legal Consultation regarding your loved one's nursing home abuse or nursing home neglect case. Put our experience to work for you. We serve injury victims in Texas, Oklahoma and the entire United States.
When placing a loved in a nursing home, consider the following:
When a nursing home fails to fulfill its obligations because a nursing home resident has wandered or eloped from or left the facility without permission or knowledge of the staff, a nursing home can be responsible for failing to perform its obligations as a licensed nursing home operator and can be held responsible for your loved one's damages.
At Rasansky Law Firm, we are committed to being a champion for nursing home rights. If you feel that a loved one eloped due to nursing home negligence, do not hesitate to fill out our free case evaluation. Our nursing home elopement lawyers will gladly review the facts of your situation.
The attorneys at Rasansky Law Firm are happy to speak to you about your potential case free of charge. If we can help with your claim, we'll do so for no out-of-pocket cost to you. Call us 24/7 at (214) 617-1886.
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