Nursing Home Infections Can Develop Due to Neglect
Infections often occur even with good care and attention from nursing home staff members because elderly people often have weakened immune systems and are not able to fight disease as well as younger people. However, these infections can be controlled with medication and proper monitoring. Other infections can develop when staff members fail to maintain sanitary conditions or when residents go without medication or personal care. These infections can be dangerous if left unchecked and can develop into more serious conditions or even lead to death. Some of the infections that can develop due to nursing home neglect include
• Pneumonia
• Urinary tract infection
• Infected bed sores or skin wounds
• Upper respiratory infections
• Eye infections
All of these infections can occur when residents are neglected or their medical needs are not attended to properly. This is especially true with bed sores and skin wounds that become infected because nursing home staff members do not do dressing changes frequently enough or do not turn patients in bed to ensure that bed sores don’t occur. Existing infections can also become worse when neglect takes place, leading from an easily treatable infection to sepsis or even death. If you feel that you have a case for nursing home abuse, contact a San Bernardino nursing home abuse lawyer to find out how you can get help for your loved one.
If you have questions or comments and have concerns about the care a loved on is receiving at a California nursing home facility please feel free to contact Nursing Home Neglect Attorney Michael Young for a FREE NURSING HOME ABUSE CONSULTATION on your nursing home abuse matter. The California Nursing Home Abuse Law Offices of Young and Wallin has offices throughout southern California to serve you including an elder abuse law office in Orange County, Riverside and San Bernardino County. Mr. Young handles nursing home neglect cases throughout the state of California on a case by case basis.
