Milwaukee Nursing Home Transfer Injury Attorneys

Families entrust their elderly loved ones to nursing home facilities, because they believe these environments are safe and secure for loved ones who need constant care and supervision. Unfortunately, lack of proper screening, hiring monitoring, and training of the nurses, CNA’s, and other professionals employed to care for these fragile individuals can result in injury when dependent residents are not moved properly.

At Jacquart & Lowe, S.C., we are here to hold these facilities accountable when nursing home transit injuries occur. Contact us today to schedule a free initial consultation at our Milwaukee office, so we can learn more about your situation and how we may be of service to you.

How Do Transfer Injuries Happen?

In many situations, nursing home transfer injuries result because of a failure to follow the resident’s care plan, or a supervising doctor's specific instructions, following a fall risk assessment regarding how to transfer or move a resident.

For instance, an improper transfer technique is attempted or a device, such as a Hoyer lift, that requires two attendants or more to assist in the transfer of the patient is used with only one attendant or done too quickly. Typical nursing home transfer injuries result from:

• Moving a resident from a bed to a wheelchair
• Transferring for the purpose of toileting
• Going from a wheelchair to a different seat
• Transferring the resident around the property
• Improper assistance while helping a resident walk

Lack of supervision during a transfer can also result in an injury, because the client wanders off and a fall occurs or because the resident is not secured in the wheelchair or anti-tipping devices are not used.

Many of these nursing home transfer injuries are the result of falls that often cause severe fractures, head injuries, or broken hips. Our Milwaukee nursing home transfer injury lawyers can help investigate how the nursing home transit injury occurred, establish liability, and fight for fair compensation.

How Elder Transit Injuries Occur

Another common source of injuries is when residents are being taken offsite by a para-transit service. Injury from occupant restraint system failure can occur, because improper restraints are used to secure a wheelchair, bed, or gurney and the resident falls or is injured in transit as a result. Para-transit safety vehicles must be properly equipped, maintained and operated by trained drivers, which does not always happen. In some cases, this can result in a fatal accident or a nursing home transit injury that leaves a resident paralyzed or bed-ridden increasing the risk of injury from bedsores.

Janesville Nursing Home Transit Injury Lawyers Helping Recover Compensation for Negligent or Reckless Actions

• $420,000 settlement for the wrongful death of elderly nursing home resident who died after his wheel chair rolled out of the open back door of a transit van before being properly secured by the van driver.
• Judgment for $343,000 on a verdict against a para-transit van company that failed to apply occupant restraints to secure the wheelchair passenger.

An improper transfer or improper transit can have a profound impact on your loved one's health, safety, and well-being. We are here to seek justice, compensation, and restore their dignity when they are harmed. For a free confidential consultation and information on how our personal injury attorneys at Jacquart & Lowe can put our 60 years of experience to work for you, call us at 414-312-4186 or contact us online.

Our office is wheelchair accessible, and we make home-visits to clients with transportation difficulties. We extend a special invitation to home-bound victims to seek out our law firm for representation in their personal injury claim.

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Jacquart & Lowe, S.C.
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Phone: 414-312-4186
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