Nursing home negligence refers to the failure of caregivers or staff at a nursing facility to provide adequate care and attention to residents. This can result in a variety of harms to the residents, including physical injuries, emotional distress, and medical complications. Negligence can manifest in different forms, such as inadequate supervision, medication errors, poor hygiene practices, and neglecting basic needs of the residents.

Since the beginning of recorded law, the offense of murder has been seen as the most serious of crimes, with the intentional taking of another’s life considered at least as heinous than any other human act.