Negligence of Grandmother at a nursing home?
The night before last my grandmother fell and broke her hip. My mother has power of attorney and a health care proxy for her (not sure if this is relevant or not). The nursing home called my mother the following morning at 8:15 to tell her that she had fallen the night before and was put back in bed. They were sending her to the hospital because she was unable to move. My mother was present when my grandmother had x-rays done, and was told by the technician that it was an obvious hip fracture because of the angle my grandmothers foot was at, and that the leg with the injured him was significantly shorter than the other. The x-rays were being done to confirm what was already obvious. Here is my issue/question. The nursing home calls my mother for everything regarding my grandmother. They have called to tell her she is running a fever. Why would they wait until the following morning to call her regarding a fall? And why wasn't she seen by a doctor when this fall occurred? They were also unable to verify how long she had been down when they found her, or why she was up and walking without her walker. We are unable to verify this information with my grandmother because she has dimentia and alzheimers. Is this considered neglect by law?