San Bernardino Nursing Home Hip Fracture Lawyer

Hip fractures among older adults are among the most devastating types of broken bone injuries because they not only cause severe pain, but they also often result in an older adult’s ability to maintain independence and mobility. According to Yale Medicine, while age-related osteoporosis can affect the likelihood of a serious hip fracture, the direct cause of these injuries is most frequently “a high-intensity trauma, such as a fall.” Nursing homes in Southern California must take steps to prevent falls among elderly residents, and the failure to do so can mean that they are liable for injuries. A San Bernardino nursing home hip fracture lawyer can discuss your case with you today.

Nursing home hip fractures in San Bernardino can have many different causes, typically involving slips and falls, trips and falls, or other types of fall injuries, like a fall out of bed or in the shower. Causes of these falls and resulting hip fractures may include but are not limited to:

• Inadequate supervision in the shower or in another area of a patient’s room or the facility;
• Inadequate assistance getting into or out of bed, or into another position;
• Damaged or slick flooring;
• Lack of handrails in walkways, including in stairwells;
• Lack of grip bars in the restroom, including in the shower;
• Lack of lighting in walkways, stairwells, or in a patient’s room; and
• Poor maintenance of a patient’s medication regimen, resulting in drug interactions that produce dizziness and increase the likelihood of falling.

When a hip fracture occurs in a nursing home, the patient or the patient’s surviving family members may be able to hold the facility accountable. Fractures of any type should never occur in nursing homes if residents are receiving proper care and assistance. In some cases, you may be able to file a claim against more than one party.

In addition to the nursing home being responsible for negligence that resulted in a hip fracture, a nursing home resident’s hip fracture may also have occurred as a result of a defective medical device, negligently repaired flooring, or a dangerous combination of medications. Our San Bernardino nursing home hip fracture attorneys give you an honest evaluation about your case, and help you navigate the claim and court system.

If you have an elderly loved one in a nursing home who was recently diagnosed with a hip fracture, you should know that the fracture may have resulted from nursing home negligence. Even if a hip fracture occurred accidentally, skilled nursing facilities in California still have a duty to ensure that residents are safe and that they have sufficient care and attention to avoid a slip, trip, or fall that results in a hip fracture, or a fall out of a bed or chair that results in a hip fracture. One of our nursing home hip fracture attorneys in San Bernardino can speak with you today about your case. Contact the Southern California Nursing Home Law Group to learn more.