Litigating the nursing home case

This new edition provides step-by-step guidance on dealing with the medical-legal issues involved in litigating a nursing home case for both plaintiff s and defense lawyers. It also provides guidance to nursing home administrators on how to avoid liability and improve quality through regulatory compliance. Authors James T. O'Reilly and Katharine Van Tassel begin by reviewing the responsibilities and liabilities of management, nurses and physicians in the second edition of, Litigating the Nursing Home Case. This extensive reference then examines liability and regulatory issues from both defense and plaintiff s perspectives, including specific topics such as drug interaction and polypharmacy concerns, ulcers and infection problems; fall-related injuries; wandering and escape issues; assault and abuse; dehydration, choking, and more.

Understanding the nursing home environment -- Ownership and administration -- Roles and liabilities of nursing professionals -- Roles and liabilities of physicians -- Support roles of specialized units -- Facility safety issues -- Liability for neglect : skin ulcers and infection problems -- Fall-related injuries -- Liability for neglect : wandering, elopement, and escape -- Use of resident restraints -- Assault and abuse -- Liability for prescription drug problems -- Liability for food problems : malnutrition, dehydration, and choking -- Liability for infections and other injuries -- Nursing home admission and discharge -- Assembling the complaint -- Defendants -- Evaluating the potential plaintiff -- State oversight and regulation -- Attributing shared fault -- Witnesses -- Use of government survey findings -- Documentation : needs and sources -- Product-related risk issues -- Causes of action -- Damages issues -- Defenses -- Arbitration -- Motion practice -- Trial procedure issues -- Insurance -- Verdicts and settlements -- After-verdict liens and offsets.