{"id":539,"date":"2012-12-03T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2012\/12\/03\/nursing_home_resident_deaths_increasingly_caused_by_bedrails\/"},"modified":"2016-08-30T16:31:52","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T21:31:52","slug":"nursing_home_resident_deaths_increasingly_caused_by_bedrails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/nursing_home_resident_deaths_increasingly_caused_by_bedrails\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing Home Resident Deaths Increasingly Caused by Bedrails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the middle of this decade, there have been repeated inquiries into the untimely deaths of nursing home residents caused by being trapped or strangled in bedrails.  Bedrails are installed in many cases for those nursing home residents who are infirm, suffering from dementia or have a tendency to wander.<br \/>\nThe evidence is abundant that the elderly are suffering grave injury and deaths at an alarming rate, mostly in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and at hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>Both the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpsc.gov\/\">Consumer Product Safety Commission<\/a> (CPSC) and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/\">Food and Drug Administration <\/a>(FDA) have been involved over these years in investigating deaths related to bedrails. Unfortunately, little has been done to force manufacturers and companies who distribute these bedrails to change the way they are utilized.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/nursing_home_resident_deaths_increasingly_caused_by_bedrails\/#more-539\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the middle of this decade, there have been repeated inquiries into the untimely deaths of nursing home residents caused by being trapped or strangled in bedrails. Bedrails are installed in many cases for those nursing home residents who are infirm, suffering from dementia or have a tendency to wander. 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