From our offices in Hackensack and Manhattan, we serve individuals and businesses across northern New Jersey including Bergen County, Essex County, Union County, Middlesex County and Passaic County and the five boroughs of New York City.
Bergen County Medication Mistakes in Nursing Homes
Today's potent prescription drugs have the power to heal and the potential to harm. For nursing home residents of advanced age and poor health to start with, the dangers of medication errors are magnified.
The law firm of Kirsch Gartenberg Howard LLP handles nursing home negligence cases across New Jersey and New York City. We have the background in nursing home litigation and medical malpractice to investigate. If you suspect your family member died or suffered catastrophic harm from drugs administered by staff, arrange a free consultation.
Bergen County Medication Errors Attorney
Many privately run nursing homes are understaffed and have low standards for employment, including the nurses and staff physicians who administer a cornucopia of medications to residents on a daily basis. Thomas Howard is a certified civil trial attorney who is skilled at identifying medication errors or improper use of drugs in long-term care facilities:
- Delivering a harmful or fatal overdose
- Administering the wrong drug
- Drug allergies and cross-reactions with other medications
- Intentional overmedication for sedation
We obtain the patient's medical history, nursing home records and reports from the medical examiner, Health Department or coroner's office. We also look into the licensure of medical professionals in charge of giving meds and similar complaints or lawsuits against the facility.
Our investigation often reveals sloppy record-keeping on residents' charts, failure of the staff doctors or pharmacists to check for contraindications, unlicensed personnel administering medication and abusive use of drugs to control "difficult" residents.
New Jersey Medication Errors Lawyer
Medication errors can cause stroke or heart attack, coma, brain damage, blindness, liver damage, palsy, psychotic episodes and range of adverse outcomes, including death.
We know better than to take the explanation of nursing home administrators at face value. We pursue the truth and justice for your loved one who deserved better care. Call 877-319-7488 to schedule a case evaluation at our Hackensack (NJ) or Manhattan (NY) offices.
