Common nursing home negligence resulting in injured elderly residents include:
Not enough staff members to perform the work needed to keep residents healthy and safe
Staff members with known or discoverable histories of violence and criminal behavior
Inadequately trained staff
Inadequately supervision, which allows management to prevent mistreatment, identifying staff that are incompetent, abusive, etc.
Inattentive staff who fail to detect, and/or report incidents of resident distress, neglect, etc.
Failure of management to create, distribute, and enforce adequate policies
Failure to follow up on reported abuse and neglect
Failure to keep the premises free of hazards to residents