$400,000 – Settlement for Nursing Home Resident’s Family After Their Loved One’s Fall Lead to Her Death

A 96-year-old Clive, IA nursing home resident fell going to the restroom while being assisted. Only one employee was assisting and that person did not use a gait belt, which lead to the fall. The resident broke her hip due to the fall. She had surgery, was transferred to hospice and later died because of her injury.