{"id":3511,"date":"2024-03-21T15:45:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T15:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantillons.com\/?post_type=news&p=3511"},"modified":"2024-03-21T15:45:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T15:45:32","slug":"settlement-for-daughter-of-man-over-multiple-systemic-failures-in-his-care-at-a-cork-nursing-home","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/cantillons.com\/news\/settlement-for-daughter-of-man-over-multiple-systemic-failures-in-his-care-at-a-cork-nursing-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Settlement for daughter of man over multiple systemic failures in his care at a Cork nursing home."},"content":{"rendered":"

Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

We had the privilege of acting for the daughter of the Deceased in this sad case.\u00a0 Our client was her late father\u2019s primary carer until his admission to the Bon Secours Care Village nursing home, Cork in March 2020.<\/p>\n

Following his death in October 2020, our client took up her late father\u2019s records from the nursing home.\u00a0 The records revealed during his short stay there from March 2020 to October 2020, he suffered 10 falls some of which were unwitnessed falls.\u00a0 Her late father required to be hospitalised in respect of two of those falls.<\/p>\n

The Deceased suffered his 10th<\/sup> fall in October 2020 at the nursing home.\u00a0 Approx. 8 hours after the fall occurred, he was admitted to CUH owing to his serious injuries.\u00a0 Sadly the Deceased\u2019s condition deteriorated over the following days, losing consciousness and he subsequently died.\u00a0 A post mortem was conducted on the body of the Deceased.\u00a0 The primary cause of death was recorded as: \u201ctraumatic brain injury with brain swelling and cerebral contusions with diffuse axonal injury due to a fall.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Our client issued High Court fatal claim proceedings against the nursing home arising from the circumstances surrounding her late father\u2019s death.\u00a0 An expert report obtained for the case, on behalf of our client, confirmed there were multiple systemic failures in his care.\u00a0 The nursing home delivered a defence to the proceedings denying liability.<\/p>\n

However, the matter was ultimately compromised (without an admission of liability) and it came before Dublin High Court on the 20.3.24 for the settlement to be ruled.\u00a0 An expression of regret was read out in open court to our client by a representative of the nursing home.<\/p>\n

Comments of the Plaintiff Regina Nolan:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNoel O Sullivan, my father was a kind caring man with a wonderful social conscience.<\/em><\/p>\n

He deserved better.\u00a0 In my honest opinion, the Bon Secours Care Village failed my father with basic medical observation and safety standards which resulted in his traumatic and preventable death.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Bon Secours Care Village has conveyed regret but I am unaware as to whether they have provided a pathway for verifiable change.\u00a0 In my father\u2019s name, and in the name of anyone needing nursing home care, I hope this case serves as a turning point that nursing home care must have thorough and regular independent evaluations with stringent consequences if appropriate.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>I believe the regulation of nursing homes requires review based on my personal experience. I was very disappointed and felt let down by the response I received from HIQA (the regulator of nursing homes) when I sought their input on my late father\u2019s situation in October 2020 \u2013 a day after his last fall. I was informed by HIQA that they could not investigate individual cases. \u00a0\u00a0I subsequently discovered that before my father died, HIQA passed BSCV as fully compliant in almost all the areas it was inspected for.\u00a0 At the time of the HIQA May 2020 inspection of the nursing home , my father had suffered four falls and all but one had gone unwitnessed.\u00a0 The findings in the HIQA May 2020 report of this nursing home contradict the facts and evidence heard at my late father\u2019s inquest.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Marian Fogarty, solicitor stated:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my opinion, the manner in which HIQA conducts its inspections on nursing homes leaves open the potential to miss serious safety issues. Not all nursing homes are inspected each year and not all aspects of the regulations are inspected at an inspection of a nursing home.\u00a0 In this case, HIQA\u2019s May 2020 inspection report on this nursing home found that there \u2018were effective management systems in this centre, ensuring good quality care was delivered to the residents.\u2019 \u00a0The same HIQA Inspection Report also found that there was evidence that staff received training appropriate to their roles which enabled staff to provide evidence-based care to residents.\u00a0 These findings contradict the facts of this case and the evidence heard before the Coroner\u2019s Court into the death of Noel O\u2019Sullivan in terms of the evidence based care he received at the nursing home.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>I do not know why HIQA informed Regina Nolan when she contacted them that they don\u2019t investigate individual complaints.\u00a0 Under section 9 of the Health Act 2007 HIQA can undertake such an investigation if they believe there is a serious risk to the health and welfare of a nursing home resident.\u201d\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

See media coverage of this story below:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/courts\/2024\/0320\/1438946-noel-o-sullivan\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/courtandcrime\/arid-41357227.html<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/crime-law\/courts\/2024\/03\/20\/family-of-man-93-who-died-after-nursing-home-fall-settle-high-court-action\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/ireland\/family-of-man-who-died-after-tenth-fall-in-cork-nursing-home-settle-action-1603846.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact us at Cantillons Solicitors at +353 (0)21 4275673 or\u00a0info@cantillons.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0if you would like more information.<\/p>\n

In contentious business, a Solicitor may not calculate fees or other charges as a percentage or proportion of any award or settlement.\u00a0 Many Personal Injury Solicitors portray themselves as \u201cno win no fee Solicitors Cork\u201d. This term can be misleading and it is essential that you discuss fees with the Personal Injury Solicitor you ultimately choose. At Cantillons Solicitors, we are entirely transparent.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Background We had the privilege of acting for the daughter of the Deceased in this sad case.\u00a0 Our client was her late father\u2019s primary carer until his admission to the Bon Secours Care Village nursing home, Cork in March 2020. 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