Do you have a loved one that was staying at a nursing home and passed away due to being infected with COVID-19? If so, you may be wondering if you have a viable case that could hold the nursing home facility responsible for their actions. Here are some questions to ask yourself to find out if you have a credible case.
Were Visitors Being Allowed Into The Facility?
One of the first things that you want to do is find out what the nursing home's policy was on having visitors. While many nursing homes were locking down the facility to prevent the spread of COVID-19, others were not being as strict as they could have been. This may involve an investigation to find out who was being allowed into the building and for what reason. If there were visitors being let into the building while it should have been locked down, this could be a credible reason for a wrongful death lawsuit.
Was The Staff Being Screened For COVID-19?
You'll also want to look into the safety measures being taken by the nursing home to screen their employees. While there was a testing shortage in the early days of the pandemic, that doesn't mean that other precautions could not be taken to screen employees. For example, were the temperatures of the employees taken as they arrived to work? Were they filling out a questionnaire about the people they were in contact with before they were last at work? There are some very basic things that should have been done to prevent infected employees from coming into the building.
Did The Facility Encourage Sick Employees To Stay Home?
It is one thing to tell employees to stay home if they are feeling ill, but another thing to not do anything that could discourage the behavior. For example, not offering paid sick days for someone to quarantine themselves when they have shown symptoms could be a big red flag since it encourages employees to work while ill rather than stay home until they feel better.
What Cleaning Procedures Were Being Done At The Nursing Home?
Find out what steps were being taken to make sure that there was no community spread within the nursing home if someone was infected. You may be surprised to learn that the cleaning procedure did not change or that not enough precautions were taken.
Meet with a wrongful death lawyer in your area if you feel like you have a case against the nursing home your loved one was staying at when they were infected with COVID-19.
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