Nursing Home Negligence
Nursing homes care for some of the most vulnerable people in our society. Sometimes, through nursing home negligence, facilities fail to meet their obligations to residents. When that failure has caused injury or the wrongful death of a loved one, talk to a nursing home negligence lawyer at Jacobs & Jacobs in New Haven, Connecticut.
We have the necessary experience and knowledge to fight nursing home negligence. We have a determination to protect and help injured, vulnerable people. We feel that every person is owed dignity and reasonable care in a nursing home.
- Bedsores: Bedsores (decubitus ulcers) are caused by lack of appropriate care. Patients need to be turned so that pressure sores do not form, become infected and, at their worst, cause death from infection.
- Failure to assist: When patients need help to get in and out of bed, to be transferred to a chair, to use bathroom facilities, or to be fed, they are dependent on nursing home staff. A failure to assist can cause the residents to fall and break fragile bones.
- Malnutrition, dehydration: Residents often need help with eating and getting enough to drink. When the staff fails to notice food and water intake, the resident can become dehydrated and malnourished.
- Overmedication and undermedication: Understaffed nursing homes often fail to medicate residents according to medical orders. In some cases, residents are overmedicated so that they will not need as much care.
- Sexual abuse, physical abuse: When vulnerable people are cared for by inexperienced, untrained or unqualified staff, abuse can occur. The residents often fail to report abuse for fear of retribution.
- Transportation or restraint injury: Restraints are sometimes necessary to ensure the safety of a nursing home resident. But when restraints are improperly or excessively used, they can cause serious injuries to the people they were supposed to be protecting.
- Wandering off: When nursing home staff fails to monitor patients, patients may wander off the premises, get lost or injure themselves.
If a loved one is in a nursing home and you notice unusual changes, looks of fear, bruises and unexplained injuries, talk to the staff. If the answers don’t make sense, talk to an attorney experienced with nursing home neglect cases.
You are welcome to call 866-668-7179 or e-mail our law firm to talk about a loved one’s nursing home injuries and mistreatment. If you cannot come to the office, we will come to your home. We want to help you and your family through this.