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more_legal_areas nursing_homeNursing home professionals have a duty to provide nursing home safety to every resident they care for. Nursing home safety involves taking adequate measures to provide a hazard free and protected environment by actively preventing sources of potential physical, mental, and psychological injury. Nursing home safety should be achieved by providing services that facilitate the highest level of care to every resident. This care should attain, maintain, and enhance every resident’s physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
Both federal and state governments have enacted laws that set minimum standards regarding resident care and nursing home safety. Nursing home safety pertains to resident’s personal safety and well being, their physical environment, and the other residents and staff they come into contact with. Nursing home safety also applies to employee safety standards and protection from injury. The federal government has not created mandatory laws to ensure employee nursing home safety.
Nursing home safety that facilitates personal safety and well being provides adequate nutrition and hydration for every resident. Nursing home safety also involves preventing a patient from deteriorating however and whenever possible. Nursing home professionals have a duty to help residents sustain their ability to complete daily living activities such as bathing, eating, ambulating, etc. Nursing home safety must also ensure that residents receive proper medical care that is free of negligent or intentional error. Nursing home safety standards must be met in order to prevent any type of injury to a patient’s physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
Nursing home care also requires that resident’s physical environment be free of dangers. Nursing home professionals have a duty to prevent slip and fall accidents. Nursing home safety standards also require that every resident receives adequate supervision and assistive devises in order to prevent injury. Nursing home safety also involves ensuring that residents are not exposed to injurious residents and members of the staff.
Another major area of nursing home safety is employee safety. Nursing homes can put employees at significant risk of injury, particularly musculoskeletal disorders. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has not passed regulations or standards of employee nursing home safety. They have prepared an informative and advisory document that suggests ways to avoid employee injury and enhance nursing home safety. Many labor rights groups feel that voluntary standards do not adequately ensure employee nursing home safety.
If you have questions or concerns about employee or resident nursing home safety, you may wish to contact a legal expert in this field in order to determine your rights and options. A qualified and experienced attorney knows the laws pertaining to nursing home safety and can pursue litigation that will help you seek compensation for the damages you have suffered while ensuring that your interests are protected and maximized.
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