Most nursing home residents are on a variety of medications. When a person becomes a resident at a nursing home, the nursing home promises to provide that individual with quality care, which includes properly dispensing medications. When the nursing home fails to give medications as ordered, residents can suffer grave injuries, and in some cases die.

All too often, nursing home corporations place a strict budget on the number of employees that can work at any given time. Without the proper training, proper supervision or a sufficient number of staff members, medication errors increase. It is not uncommon for a state survey to reveal multiple medication errors in one nursing home. A medication error can range from the resident not receiving his medication as ordered, to receiving too much medication to receiving a different resident’s medication. Any one of those errors can result in serious injuries or even death.

If you believe that your family member was the victim of a medication error by a nursing home anywhere in the United States, call us immediately. We work with lawyers throughout the country on cases involving nursing home abuse and neglect. Some states have very short deadlines in which to act, so it is imperative that you act right away. Contact us immediately online or call us at 1-888-317-2525 for a free consultation.