Nursing home case types
Each page sets out the federal requirements that usually apply, the records to request, the questions counsel should investigate, and which expert discipline fits. Educational information, not legal advice.
These are the case types ECS sees most often, not the limit of what the panel handles. If your matter involves something else in long-term or elder care, ask on the screening call.
Falls and fractures
Fall risk assessment, supervision, devices, and what happened after the fall.
See this case type ›Pressure injuries and bedsores
Avoidable versus unavoidable, turning and repositioning, staging, and nutrition.
See this case type ›Understaffing
Staffing sufficiency, PBJ data, assignment sheets, and corporate budget decisions.
See this case type ›Elopement and wandering
Exit-seeking behavior, door security, memory care placement, and supervision.
See this case type ›Medication errors
Wrong drug or dose, omitted doses, psychotropic use, and pharmacy oversight.
See this case type ›Sepsis and infection
Change in condition, notification timing, delayed transfer, and infection control.
See this case type ›Abuse and neglect
Staff and resident-on-resident abuse, screening, reporting, and investigation.
See this case type ›Dehydration and malnutrition
Weight loss, intake documentation, feeding assistance, and dietitian involvement.
See this case type ›Assisted living negligence
State licensing rules, service plans, admission and retention, and memory care.
See this case type ›Not sure how to classify it?
That is what the free screening is for.