A 69-year-old female patient was admitted to a hospital on a stretcher. The patient fell from the stretcher to the ground. While the patient was on the stretcher, medical transport staff permitted the stretcher to roll downhill, hit a sidewalk, and overturn.

A 72-year-old female was admitted as a patient to a nursing home. On admission, the patient was a high fall risk. Within months of admission, the nursing home permitted the patient to fall in the bathroom, where she had been left by an aide without proper supervision.

An 83-year-old female patient was assaulted at a nursing home by another patient, whom the nursing home knew posed a danger to all other patients at the nursing home. The offending patient pushed our client to the floor and caused her to sustain left and right pelvis fractures. As a result of the assault and fractures, the patient became less mobile, was more dependent with activities of daily living, and required physical therapy and narcotic pain medications.

A 62-year-old patient was transferred from a hospital to a nursing home with diagnoses of altered mental status, dementia, inability to make his own medical decisions and propensity to wander. The nursing home knew the patient needed 24-hour supervision and could not leave the facility without supervision and assistance. Unbeknownst to the patient’s family, the nursing home allowed him to wander from the facility three times in one day.

A nursing home caregiver was fired for his Facebook post threatening a patient. In his post, he wrote of his desire to “slap the ever loving bat snot” out of a patient. He also said that if a patient insulted him, he would have less desire to “make sure your call light gets answered every time”.

A woman who was on staff at a nursing home has been charged with battery against a nursing home patient. She was recorded by a hidden camera, leaving no room to deny allegations. She was shown hitting the patient in the face, throwing her on the bed and putting her in a headlock.