Negligence can occur in memory care centers or assisted living facilities for several reasons.
Staffing Shortages
Many nursing homes lack enough workers to care for their residents properly.
Care facilities often have difficulty attracting and retaining quality employees.
Because they do not pay very high wages, many employees leave after only working for a short period.
Unfortunately, some facilities are more interested in protecting their profit margins than ensuring they have enough staff members to provide reasonable care to all residents.
By keeping their facilities short-staffed, some nursing home owners and managers can spend less on resident care and divert more funds to profits.
Lack of Training
Facilities do not always take the time to train their workers on how to provide sufficient care to meet the residents’ daily needs.
Without a quality training program, workers who want to help residents might not know how to improve their lives.
Lack of Oversight
Although the Ohio Department of Health has the authority to license and inspect facilities, they may overlook evidence of neglect in long-term care facilities.
Someone must then take the initiative to report a problem.
A compassionate Toledo attorney understands how difficult it can be to witness the effects of negligence in a nursing home and could work tirelessly to help establish the liability of those responsible.
