Avoid Nursing Home Negligence By Choosing Right Facility
The Medicare system we just discussed that helps families compare nursing home facilities provides a star rating for each category and a combined score in the form of an overall rating.
The categories are Health Inspections, Staffing Levels, and Quality Measures.
The website, www.medicare.gov/NHCOMPARE, is also extremely helpful in that you can identify nursing homes by state, county, or city. You can research the Five-Star Quality Ratings for all nursing homes in a particular geographic area.
One can actually print out a “Nursing Home Checklist” which provides information about what to look for and what questions to ask when visiting a prospective nursing home. Along with this information, persons seeking a good, safe nursing home should be able to make an informed decision about the level of care offered by a facility.
Like our Toledo, Ohio nursing home negligence lawyers have said in previous blogs – choosing the right nursing home could help avoid injury accidents. If an accident has occurred, call our office for your free case evaluation and consultation.
We handle Ohio personal injury cases involving car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, ATV accidents, Ohio workers’ compensation, construction accidents, child injuries, wrongful death, medical malpractice, nursing home neglect, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, food poisoning, dog bite attacks, and all injury cases.
