My mother fell in a nursing home, tore open her knee, contracted a staff infection, which lead to sepsis.?

This enventually lead to her death. Would this be considered an accident and be covered by accidental death insurance?

there should have been someone with her to help her walk if she had trouble walking....that is what you pay them for....so sounds like they were negligent....im sorry about your mother.

First of all, I am sorry for your loss...

Not only is this an accident, which may require the use of pathology to trace everything to the initial fall... but it also sounds like negligence on behalf of the nursing home- did they do a fall report? In the report do they reference her injury and course of action/care plan? Falls do happen unfortunately, but it is how they take care of them that is VERY important. Why did she get staff?? I hate to point the finger at the nursing homes, but I spent 7 years visiting every SNF- in my county on a regular basis and I am so sick of 99% of them's negligence.

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