The family of Carrie Delay is suing the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital for Los Angeles nursing negligence and wrongful death. Delay, an 89-year-old Alzheimer's patient, died a week after falling off a landing between the first and second floors on October 17, 2010.
According to the Los Angeles elder abuse and neglect complaint, Delay fractured her spine and sustained skin tears and contusions during the Woodland Hills fall accident. She died a week after the incident. Prior to her death, Delay was a resident of the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital for almost 10 years.
Her family is also claiming inadequate supervision, and California premises liability. The family's Los Angeles wrongful death lawyers contend that Delay was left unsupervised and that no one stopped her from going past a nursing and behind a fire door. The fall accident took place less than 300 feet from where she had been left unattended.
Fall Accidents
Elderly persons that have physical and mentally disabilities are at risk of getting hurt in fall accidents. This is why there must be adequate safety measures in place to prevent fall accidents, slip and fall accidents, and trip and fall accidents. In some cases, an elderly senior may require constant supervision.
According to the Website Learnnottofall.com:
• Approximately 30% of seniors age 65 and older fall annually.
• More than 50% of seniors in the 80 and over age group fall every year.
Fall accidents can lead to spinal cord injuries, head injuries, broken hips, broken bones and other painful injuries that can take awhile to recover from and may result in additional health complications, such as muscle cell breakdown and pressure sores. Assisted living facilities and retirement homes are aware that elderly and frail patients are vulnerable to fall accidents and it is their job to protect them from such incidents. Failure to do so can be grounds for a Los Angeles nursing home neglect case.
Family files lawsuit against MPTF after elderly woman falls, dies, Daily News, March 15, 2011
Family of deceased nursing home patient sues Motion Picture & Television Fund for negligence, Los Angeles Times, March 15, 2011
Related Web Resources:
Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital
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