Medication Errors Attorneys Serving Greenville and the Surrounding Areas

A simple medication error at a nursing home often reveals a much more serious and complex problem. In many cases throughout South Carolina and the rest of the country, nursing homes are inadequately staffed and the people who are employed are not properly trained or monitored, especially when it comes to the handling and dispensing of medication.

At Christian & Davis, LLC, our values influence our legal practice and strengthen our resolve to help vulnerable people who have been harmed in nursing homes. We are committed to exposing elder care negligence that results in medication errors and helping shape reform to prevent this from continuing to take place. If a loved one has been affected by a medication error or you suspect a medication error is occurring, we encourage you to contact us and schedule a free consultation so we can speak with you about your rights and remedies today.

Exposing the Consequences of Putting Profit Over Patient Care

Many for-profit nursing home facilities have been expanding the number of facilities they open to account for the aging population, but to increase their profit margins they decrease the amount of staff they hire and the amount of time they spend training them. What has resulted is staff that frequently does not know how or when to appropriately render care, including how to administer medication correctly. In our law firm's practice, we have seen medication error cases involving:

• Insufficient medications leading to a disease, infection, sickness or other problem worsening or spreading
• The wrong medication being administered and leading to complications
• Adverse reactions because staff do not recognize multiple medications prescribed are contra-indicated
• Failure by the physician overseeing the facility to properly follow-up and make needed adjustments to dosages or types of medications
• Not enough staff to administer the medications in a timely manner
• Falsifying charts to cover up medication errors
• Over dosage and over medicating

In many instances, nursing home residents are over medicated so they sleep more and are more compliant, so less effort is required by staff to care for them. However, over-medicating also often results in a poor quality of life, negative medication side-effects, decreased mental acuity, depression and excessive sleeping, which increases chances for the complication of bedsores. Lack of mental acuity can also lead to loss of appetite, malnutrition and dehydration.

Is There Proper Supervision?

Additionally, the overseeing physician may fail to properly monitor or train the staff. Sometimes, these doctors have their own independent medical practice and they oversee many nursing home residents in multiple facilities. They do not have time to critically assess each patient to see if dosages or medication should be changed or perform preventative maintenance to avoid medication errors.

"Do Justice." — Micah 6:8

Along with our in-house nurse consultant, we bring a critical eye towards medical care and can uncover how nursing home negligence led to a medication error. We know how to properly value these claims and establish a chain of liability from the staff to the overseeing physician to the director of the facility and the managing company.

Our nursing home negligence lawyers are ready to fight on behalf of you and your loved one to make sure these wrongs are corrected, not made again, and that you are compensated for the injuries that result. Contact us today by calling 864-640-4272 or toll free 866-623-4041 to schedule a free consultation.