Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit Alleging Inadequate Care*
This is a nursing home
negligence lawsuit, brought by Jonathan Palmer, asserting negligence on
the part of the defendant, Sunny Valley Senior Resort.
Palmer's mother, Mrs. Dorothy Palmer, was a
resident at Sunny Valley Senior Resort, where she received managed care
due to her growing infirmity and poor memory. Mr. Palmer attests that
while under the supervision of attending nurses at Sunny Valley Senior
Resort, her mental well being took a marked turn for the worse.
Mrs. Palmer was on two prescription
anti-depressants as well as a cocktail of drugs to cover her
osteoporosis and high blood pressure. While the drugs could have a mood
destabilizing side effect, Mr. Palmer did not feel that medical side
effects could justify the wide discrepancy in mood, given the nature of
her other medical conditions.
When he attempted to get his mother examined by a
psychiatrist about dosage adjustments, Mr. Palmer claims that the staff
and administrators at Sunny Valley Senior Resort were obstructing his
access to his mother's medical records (perhaps to try and avoid a
nursing home negligence lawsuit), and frequently asked him to prove
legal access requirements (Mr. Palmer is his mother's legal guardian).
Mr. Palmer used this as evidence that they were
seeking to conceal information as a means of concealing their medical
negligence in running a nursing home.
A consultation with a psychiatrist and an
attending physician resulted in authorization to run blood tests. Those
blood tests showed that Dorothy Palmer was not receiving her full dose
of anti-depressants. This information prompted Mr. Palmer to look into
filing a nursing home negligence lawsuit.
After an inquiry by the court, and a check up on
the medical records for the prescription safe, some evidence was
revealed that showed medications dedicated to residents in particularly
frail condition were being diverted and presumably sold by staff at the
Sunny Valley Senior Resort.
The judge ordered restitution in the form of one
year's worth of the medical billing for Dorothy Palmer's care. The
administrators at Sunny Valley Senior Resort attempted to appeal the
decision, but were denied.
A separate inquiry on the deposition of the drugs
being sold by Sunny Valley Senior Resort staffers was also opened; four
attendants (those who had to sign in and out for patient prescriptions)
had charges filed against them for theft of controlled substances with
intent to resell. All four were suspended, and eventually let go by the
nursing home, and two had their nursing certifications revoked.
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*The
preceding case example is based on actual events, names have been
changed to protect those involved.
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