Nursing Home Complaint Center Launches Nationwide Investigation of Wrongful Deaths
The Nursing Home Complaint Center, a national advocacy group for nursing home residents' rights, is launching a nationwide investigation into wrongful deaths at nursing homes. The group is asking for family members who suspe ct their loved ones were the victims of wrongful death to contact them.
The Nursing Home Complaint Center said, in launching this investigation, "we believe wrongful death, and elder abuse in our nation's musing homes are at epidemic levels, and we want to hear from family members who have proof the deceased family member was mistreated, or not treated at all-with the result being a wrongful death."
As part of this campaign, the Nursing Home Complaint Center is targeting inadequate staffing levels as a primary cause of abuse and neglect and wrongful deaths: "one of the biggest problems we see in the vast majority of our nation's nursing homes is staffing levels, are not high enough to meet Medicare, or Medicaid standards, with the result being dead patients, or patients suffering from sepsis, or septic shock, due to medical malpractice, or broken bones."
If a family member suspects that their loved one died due to neglect or abuse by their nursing home, they should contact the Nursing Home Complaint Center at 866-714-6466 or visit their website.
