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Nursing Home Injuries

Nursing Home Injury Lawyers

When vulnerable people are injured in a nursing home, the nursing home injury attorneys- at the Lakin Law Firm want to help the victim and the victim's family. All people—especially elderly people who require nursing home care—deserve respect, dignity, and safety.

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Whatever the cause—inadequate staffing, poor training, or too much attention to profits—nursing home injuries are often avoidable with reasonable standards of care.

  • Bed Sores: With proper care, bed sores are preventable. When an area of skin is under constant pressure, bed sores form. By moving a resident and treating any sign of bed sores, the problem can be avoided. Bed sores can cause infections that are painful and life-threatening. If you notice bed sores, talk to an experienced nursing home injury attorney.
  • Infections: Every nursing home should abide by basic cleanliness standards. By allowing bed sores to go untreated or not keeping residents clean, infections can cause illness, pain, and even death.
  • Malnutrition: Nursing home residents are often unable to feed themselves. They need to be offered an adequate and appropriate diet. When a resident needs help eating, they should receive that help.
  • Dehydration: Getting enough to drink can be a problem for someone who is unable to get his or her own water or manage to drink that water. The nursing home staff needs to be aware of how much hydration a patient receives.
  • Failure to Medicate: When a patient is not given prescribed medicines in a timely manner and in the prescribed dosage, that resident's health is at risk.
  • Failure to Monitor: If the door to a nursing home is left open, a resident may wander off and be lost or injured. The staff also needs to check residents at frequent, established intervals to be sure they are not in any danger. If there are unexplained injuries or the explanations are not plausible, talk to a lawyer.
  • Assault: Physical, emotional, or sexual assault on a vulnerable person can cause physical injury and place the resident in a state of fear. When a loved one's demeanor suddenly changes, there is a possibility assault is involved.

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