Staff Need To Protect Disabled Nursing Home Patients As They Transport Them In Wheelchairs
No one seems to give much thought to transporting a nursing home patient in a wheelchair throughout the facility or outside on the facilities grounds. Just push the patient in the chair to where they need to go? Right? Well, like most tasks, there really is quite a bit more to it than is originally apparent. In order for patients to be safely transported in wheelchairs staff need to take precautions to make sure that the patient arrives where they need to be in a safe manner. Though not a well-publicized topic, injuries resulting from faulty wheelchairs and staff negligence...
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Inadequate Training Of Medi-Car Staff Exposes Seniors To Unnecessary Risk During Non-Emergency Transportation
For many seniors living in nursing homes and independently in their own homes, getting to doctors appointments or social engagements can be difficult-- if not impossible-- without the assistance provided by non-emergency transportation providers. Medical transport, or Medi-car programs as they are frequently referred to, provide an essential role the physical and emotional well-being of senior and the disabled. Most Medi-car companies have specially equipped vans to accommodate people in wheelchairs and with other special needs. The specialized equipment is worthless without properly trained staff. As lawyers whom have represented many people who received injuries during non-emergency transport, we usually...
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