Coronavirus Nursing Home Neglect in Kentucky

Generally speaking, nursing homes can be held legally responsible for any number of failures, including:

• Negligent hiring
• Understaffing
• Inadequate training
• Medication errors
• Physical, emotional, or financial abuse
• Neglect

In addition, they can be held liable if they fail to appropriately respond to an emergency situation such as a pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offered guidelines for nursing homes to protect residents and staff from serious illness and complications due to COVID-19. They include:

• Restricting volunteers, visitors, and non-essential healthcare personnel
• Screening residents for symptoms of COVID-19 on a daily basis
• Isolating symptomatic residents
• Enforcing social distancing
• Instructing residents to wear a cloth face covering when around others
• Designating a space to care for those who have confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19
• Monitoring ill residents at least three times a day to identify those who may need a higher level of care

If a nursing home failed to take any of the above measures and it led to you or a loved one getting sick, contact one of our Kentucky offices. Over the span of 35-plus years, Morgan & Morgan attorneys have won upwards of $20 billion in settlements and jury verdicts. We may be able to help you, too.

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