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Pursuing Compensation for Florida Nursing Home Injury Claims
One of most basic elements of care that nursing homes and care facilities should provide is adequate food and nutrition. When this standard of care is not being met, patients suffer illness, injury and wrongful death.
The Law Offices of Charles R. Scully represents nursing home residents who were subjected to malnutrition. We hold nursing homes accountable for the consequences of negligent treatment. Our attorneys will investigate the facility and staff to determine how your loved one was allowed to deteriorate due to malnutrition. Please call our office at 866-611-4205 to schedule a free consultation with a St. Petersburg nursing home malnutrition lawyer.
Failures in Nursing Homes
Reasons that nursing home residents may suffer from malnutrition include:
- Illnesses such as fever, infection, diabetes or diarrhea
- Forgetting to eat
- Medication errors or side effects
- Depression
- Inability to chew or swallow
- Inability to feed oneself
Patients suffering from malnutrition are at increased risk for bedsores, urinary tract infections, pneumonia, confusion and falls. Sometimes, a feeding tube is surgically implanted to address malnutrition and inability to eat. This solution can cause problems such as infection, being given the wrong feeding bag and wound complications.
In most cases, negligence by the facility or staff members is responsible for malnutrition. Food that is inedible or lacks proper nutrition may be one problem. Understaffing and lack of training is another and may include:
- Inadequate staffing
- No time to feed patients who need assistance
- Failure to train the staff about nutrition and feeding
Sarasota County Malnutrition Attorneys
For a free consultation, please call 866-611-4205 or contact us online.
