Question

Adam Green is an orderly in a Nursing Home. His supervisor, Nora, has asked him to supervise the dining room while twenty residents eat their evening meal. Bill is an 80-year-old resident who is very alert and ambulatory. He tells Adam that he doesn’t like the meal that’s being served, and wants to leave the dining room and go back to his own room. Adam is quite busy, since he has to watch the behavior of several patients who are confused. He’s concerned that patients might choke on their food or otherwise harm themselves. Adam becomes impatient with Bill and tells him that he cannot leave the room until everyone is finished eating. Adam then locks the dining room door. Bill complains to the nursing home administrator that he was unlawfully detained. He then hires an attorney, who brings forth a charge of false imprisonment.

Case Questions

Answer all questions with a minimum of one sentence. Single word answers equal no credit.

Was Adam’s action justified?

In your opinion, was this a case of false imprisonment?

What could Adam have done to defuse the situation?

Do the nursing home administrator and Nora have any legal responsibility for Adam’s action?

What would a “reasonable and prudent” person do in the same circumstances?

Answer 1

Adam's action no not justifiable ,locking the door can hurt Bill emotionally at this age because of his physical ability

This case is a false imprisonment case because he has detained an individual who is physically and mentally stable besides requesting to go to his room

The only way to defuse the situation is Adam asking for an apology to Bill for behaving in that way

False imprisonment is a felony as well as a tort under law,so the nursing home administrator a are supposed to take actions to avoid any further consequences on the home that the residents are harrased

A reasonable and prudent person would have accepted Bill's request and sent him to his room and also asking for ,could he get something else of his choice to eat so that he doesn't starve or skip the meal