Can I sue a nursing home for the death of a person?
On 5 October 2018 a visitor to our website posted a question to us in our ‘What Duty of Care does a Nursing Home Have?’ article. The person asked: “What
Author: Tom Maling
Psychological injury because of death to family member
Can you sue someone because death of a family member has caused you a psychological injury? Yes. The law recognises that if a person’s negligence caused the death of another
Royal Commission into Aged Care must cause legal change on chemical restraints
Nursing home residents are currently discriminated against when it comes to laws regulating use of medications to control behaviour. Put simply, there are no laws that do so. The Royal Commission into
Can nursing homes prevent a person with dementia from leaving the facility?
by Tom Maling and Mitch Evelyn We recently received a question in response to our article What Duty of Care does a Nursing Home Have? It was a good question:
Surgical Errors
Surgical errors include cutting of arteries or nerves, performing the wrong procedures, improperly inserting a medical device, leaving instruments in bodies or even not providing sufficient or any analgesia. Understandably