LNCC
Medical chronologyMerit screeningStandard of care review
Long-term care / SNFMed-surg
$135/hr
Plaintiff & Defense
Elopement and wandering case review: nursing homes, memory care and hospitals
People with dementia or delirium who leave a facility unnoticed can be injured or die from falls, exposure or traffic. These cases look at whether the risk was known, whether supervision and alarms matched it, and how quickly staff noticed and searched.
Start with a merit screen
A long-term care / SNF nurse's read on whether the nursing care raises real concerns
$850–2,400
Estimate · usually 5–7 business days
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What the nurse reviewer examines
- Elopement and wandering risk assessments, and changes in behavior before the event
- Care plan interventions: supervision level, wander-guard devices, door alarms
- Prior attempts to leave and how the facility responded
- Staffing and assignments on the shift
- When the person was last seen, and when they were missed
- The search, notification of family and police, and the facility's investigation
Records to request
A starting checklist; the reviewer will flag what's missing once they have the chart.
- Elopement risk assessments and care plans
- Behavior and wandering logs
- Nursing notes and the last documented checks
- Door alarm and device logs where kept
- Staffing records for the shift
- Incident report and the facility's investigation
- State survey reports
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How these cases usually progress
- 1 Case merit screeningFrom $850 · 5–7 business days Request →
- 2 Standard of care reviewFrom $1,250 · 2–3 weeks Request →
- 3 Medical chronologyFrom $1,000 · 5–10 business days Request →
- 4 Nurse expert witnessFrom $1,450 · Report in 2–4 weeks; testimony by agreement Request →
Questions attorneys ask
Does a locked unit make elopement the facility's fault?
Not automatically. A review looks at whether the person's risk was assessed and whether supervision and security matched it.
What if the device alarm failed?
Then maintenance and testing records matter, along with whether staff were relying on the device instead of supervision.
Nurses who review these cases
LNCC
Medical chronologyRecord summaryStandard of care review
Cardiac / telemetryHome health / hospiceLong-term care / SNF
$150/hr
Plaintiff
Medical chronologyMerit screeningExpert witness
Long-term care / SNFPsychiatric
$110/hr
Testifies
Defense
Medical chronologyMerit screeningExpert witness
Long-term care / SNFPsychiatric
$135/hr
Testifies
Plaintiff
CLNC
Medical chronologyMerit screeningExpert witness
Long-term care / SNF
$125/hr
Testifies
Plaintiff & Defense
CLNC
Medical chronologyMerit screening
Home health / hospiceNICULong-term care / SNF
$125/hr
Plaintiff
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