Common Nursing Home Injuries
Nursing home injuries can signal failures in prevention, monitoring, supervision, or timely medical response. This article examines common injuries and adverse events—from pressure wounds and falls to infections, overmedication, and restraints. Smith Clinesmith’s Chief Legal Officer explores why evaluating a potential case requires examining both the harm suffered and the facility’s care.
What is Nursing Home Abuse Litigation?
If you ask random people on the street what “nursing home abuse” is, you might get dozens of different answers, but the vast majority of people will immediately think of “intentional harm”. They’ll point to staff members slapping, punching or maybe verbally or sexually assaulting a resident. Certainly, that would constitute abuse – but it is not the entire story. Nursing home abuse is defined by the regulations that govern nursing homes in America.
Automate, Augment, or Keep Human
In today’s business world there are consistent talks about how AI, Artificial Intelligence, is going to take your job. There is the notion that AI can do everything that a human can do. I am here to correct that notion especially when it comes to client communication. AI is meant to be an impact multiplier, not a replacement entirely. When looking at AI for client communication I find it most effective to group tasks into three different categories, Automate, Augment, and Keep Human. In this post we will talk about how to decide what bucket each task should fall into by using the four-question test that I have developed as well as discuss how AI can fail us.