Free Guide & Checklist to Choosing a Nursing Home
Certain systemic nursing home issues like understaffing, poor infection control practices, and neglect and abuse have come to the fore, which is why choosing the right nursing home for your loved one can seem overwhelming.
WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (PRWEB)
April 26, 2023
The Law Firm of Brian P. Murphy, PC, announces that Nursing Home Malpractice and Wrongful Death Attorney Brian P. Murphy has compiled and made available a free, online guide for assisting prospective nursing home residents and their families in choosing a nursing home. The detailed, step-by-step guide with a printable checklist for investigating potential nursing homes has been made available on the firm’s website.
“When certain systemic nursing home issues like understaffing, poor infection control practices, and neglect and abuse have come to the fore, choosing the right nursing home for your loved one can seem overwhelming,” says Murphy, “but with the right information, it doesn’t have to be.”
With clear-cut steps addressing such topics as where to begin, what matters to consider, and which questions to ask, Murphy’s guide to choosing a nursing home helps family members identify, evaluate, and choose the best nursing home for their loved one. The packet offers tips on choosing both short- and long-term care; it also provides links to federal sites like Nursing Home Compare and gives information about other state and local resources for nursing home selection.
Emphasizing the importance of visiting any nursing home under consideration, the guide includes a comprehensive checklist that encompasses a number of important considerations, including the following:
- The cleanliness of common areas and resident rooms
- The home’s safety and quality of care
- The home’s nursing staff levels and rate of staff turnover
- The home’s policies for preventing abuse and neglect
- Availability of dementia care
- Information on nutrition and recreational activities
This checklist can be printed and brought along as a tool to help evaluate how well a prospective nursing home meets a loved one’s specific needs. Taken together with the information, steps, and tips contained in the guide, the checklist is an added tool for successfully choosing a nursing home that protects the dignity, safety, and wellbeing of its residents.
About The Law Firm of Brian P. Murphy
Licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Attorney Brian P. Murphy has been at the forefront of legal efforts to hold New Jersey and Pennsylvania nursing homes accountable for negligent care since 2006. Singularly focused on cases involving nursing home abuse and neglect, Murphy has successfully represented hundreds of residents in Pennsylvania and New Jersey who have suffered injury or illness as a result of nursing home negligence. From bedsores, falls, and other injuries to malnutrition, dehydration, and wrongful death, Murphy has taken swift action against the long-term care and nursing facilities responsible and has earned significant compensation for his clients. Murphy has extensive experience identifying nursing home abuse and neglect as well as its causes such as short-staffing and other operational failures, and the efforts by some facilities to cover up wrongdoing through false charting. He has given multiple lectures and authored numerous law articles and legal guides on nursing home abuse and the effective litigation of neglect and abuse cases.
For more information, please contact Brian P. Murphy directly at (215) 579-8500, or visit http://www.thenursinghomeattorneys.com.
All personal injury cases are handled on a contingency fee basis.
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