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You moved someone into care because home was no longer enough. Wagner's acts for families across the province when that care goes wrong, and our nursing home negligence lawyer in Halifax will tell you whether you have a claim.
Call (902) 425-7330, or 1-800-465-8794 toll-free. Bring the care plan and any incident reports.
We ask for the chart first, because the record either backs the home's account or it does not. Gaps in it often tell the story faster than a meeting does.
Our founding principal has argued institutional harm cases to the Supreme Court of Canada. Where a file begins:
You pay nothing while we look, and our nursing home negligence lawyer in Halifax reads your file personally.
If you have been seriously injured, please contact a lawyer at Wagners to discuss your case. You can reach our team by calling 902-425-7330 or by completing a short online contact form.
The same standard a reasonably careful operator would meet, which means:
Homes are licensed under the Homes for Special Care Act, R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 203.
Section 7 lets the Minister suspend or cancel a license where care falls short, and being short-staffed lowers nothing.
Staff and administrators both, by law.
Section 5 of the Protection for Persons in Care Act, S.N.S. 2004, c. 33, requires a service provider who reasonably believes a resident is being abused to report it promptly to the Minister.
Section 6 lets any person report, and sections 13 and 14 protect a good-faith reporter.
What that Act does not do is give your family a claim. It creates a duty to report, not a right to sue, so a civil case runs on negligence, occupiers' liability, and the facility answering for its staff.
Usually, something the record does not explain. Families call after:
Harm traced to clinical judgment may run as medical negligence, and historical harm inside an institution can support institutional abuse claims.
Falls raise a second duty.
Section 4 of the Occupiers' Liability Act, S.N.S. 1996, c. 27 requires whoever controls the premises to act reasonably to keep people safe.
That is the premises liability side of the file, meaning the claim against whoever controlled the building. Wet floors, missing bed rails, and unlit corridors sit on that side. Ask for the fall report before the home closes it.
Families rarely call the first time something feels wrong. These come once they decide to act.
Yes. The estate and close family can both have claims, and we handle appointing a representative. The home must still release the chart.
Not always. A substitute decision-maker, or the estate where someone has died, can instruct us. Where nobody was appointed, we handle the short application.
No. We advance the cost of the records and the nursing opinion, and take a share only if we recover.
Often not. The clock does not run while a person is incapable of bringing a claim, which reaches many long-term care residents.
That is where most files start, not where they end. That is decided on the chart, the staffing records, and the incident report.
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