My loved one’s nursing home says the bedsores were unavoidable. Is that true?

Almost certainly not. This is the most common defense nursing homes and their insurers use in bedsore cases. Facilities argue that the patient’s age, immobility, or underlying conditions made pressure injuries inevitable. In the overwhelming majority of cases, this defense fails under scrutiny. An experienced bedsore injury attorney can review the medical records, consult with wound care experts, and demonstrate that the facility failed to follow its own care plan or accepted nursing standards.