It's no surprise that nursing homes experience deaths on a regular basis. But what may shock you is that some of these deaths are the direct result of nursing home abuse or negligence. These 'wrongful deaths' are caused by inexperienced staff or unsafe conditions, and they can be prevented.

It's an unfortunate fact that nursing home wrongful deaths happen in the Long Island and New York City area. Here are some of the common causes of nursing home wrongful deaths:

  1. Elopement or Wandering: When unattended or neglected, nursing home residents can wander into dangerous places (like near a highway) or become lost.
  2. Slip and Fall: Spills that are left unattended constitute hazardous conditions, and can pose dangerous slip-and-fall risks for residents of nursing homes.
  3. Medication Errors: When nursing-home staff neglects to give a patient the right medication, fails to give them the right dosage, or fails to recognize when a medication is having an adverse side effect, the results can be catastrophic.
  4. Untreated Illness/Infection: Illnesses or infections that are left untreated or ignored even for a short time can quickly become more serious.
  5. Neglect of Basic Needs: If a patient's basic needs (such as eating and bathing) are neglected, this abuse can lead directly to pain, suffering, and life-threatening illness or injury.

If you have witnessed New York nursing home abuse or negligence that led to the death of a loved one, an experienced Long Island nursing-home abuse attorney can fight to get you the compensation you deserve. Call the attorneys at Rappaport, Glass, Greene, and Levine for a free consultation on your case today.