Residences for elderly and sick people, self-sufficient or dependent, are varied. To date, the liability profiles of these structures are not clearly delineated, and increasingly often, their operating and organization criteria are entrusted to subnational, regional, or local regulations. Among the various deficits, there is the keeping of a complete and detailed documentation/diary of the patient, the lack of which can generate medico-legal problems. In this paper, we present three cases of guests in residences for a dependent person brought to the attention of the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the University Hospital of Palermo due to criminal proceedings, where the lack of existing documentation in the structure and, in some cases, the behavior of the professionals working there, led the evaluator to deduce the organization’s culpability.

D’Anna, T., Argo, A., Albano, G.D., Puntarello, M., Rizzo, C., Guadagnino, D., et al. (2023). Focus on Liability of Residences for Elderly and Sick People: A Case Series and Medico-Legal Issues. HEALTHCARE, 11(4) [10.3390/healthcare11040539].

Focus on Liability of Residences for Elderly and Sick People: A Case Series and Medico-Legal Issues

Argo, Antonina;Albano, Giuseppe Davide;Puntarello, Maria;Guadagnino, Daniela;Zerbo, Stefania
2023-01-11

Abstract

Residences for elderly and sick people, self-sufficient or dependent, are varied. To date, the liability profiles of these structures are not clearly delineated, and increasingly often, their operating and organization criteria are entrusted to subnational, regional, or local regulations. Among the various deficits, there is the keeping of a complete and detailed documentation/diary of the patient, the lack of which can generate medico-legal problems. In this paper, we present three cases of guests in residences for a dependent person brought to the attention of the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the University Hospital of Palermo due to criminal proceedings, where the lack of existing documentation in the structure and, in some cases, the behavior of the professionals working there, led the evaluator to deduce the organization’s culpability.
11-gen-2023
D’Anna, T., Argo, A., Albano, G.D., Puntarello, M., Rizzo, C., Guadagnino, D., et al. (2023). Focus on Liability of Residences for Elderly and Sick People: A Case Series and Medico-Legal Issues. HEALTHCARE, 11(4) [10.3390/healthcare11040539].
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