Nursing Home Abuse Legal Glossary
Glossary of Nursing Home Abuse Terms
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Wandering: The ability of a nursing home resident
to move about within the nursing home aimlessly and/or
without a rational purpose or appreciation of personal
safety needs.
Waiver: Knowing and voluntary relinquishment, or
release, of a right.
Willful Negligence: Intentional performance of an
unreasonable act in disregard of a known risk, that
causes harm. There is no clear distinction between
willful negligence and gross negligence.
Writ: A court order requiring the performance of
some act or giving authority to have the act done.
Wrongful Death Action: An action brought to
recover damages for the death of a person caused by a
wrongful act or neglect or unlawful violence or
negligence of another; provided that no recovery for the
same damages claimed in the wrongful death action was
obtained by the deceased during his lifetime.
Wrongful Death Statute: Statutory law that
provides the representative of a decedent to bring suit
alleging that the decedent's death was caused by
someone's negligent act and to seek compensation for
monetary loss suffered.
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