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In addition to providing for their basic nutritional, medical, and social needs, nursing home staff members and administrators also must ensure all their residents get some kind of physical exercise and are not left sitting or lying in the same position for hours on end. Beyond just preserving their physical and psychological health, consistent movement like this is also vital to preventing potentially life-threatening pressure ulcers commonly referred to as bedsores.
Bedsores in Nassau County nursing homes are among the most dangerous possible consequences of nursing home abuse or neglect, which means they can also often serve as the basis for nursing home abuse litigation. If you want to build the strongest possible claim over your loved one’s bedsore, contacting and working closely with a skilled nursing home neglect attorney should be among your top priorities.
Early identification and treatment can be crucial to minimizing the long-term damage caused by a Nassau County nursing home resident’s bedsore. With that in mind, here is a brief overview of what bedsores tend to look like at each stage of development from a minor injury to a life-threatening one.
The bedsore is pink, red, or bluish-purple in color, resembling a small rash or bruise. It may also be accompanied by changes in skin temperature, elasticity, and sensitivity in the affected area.
The bedsore begins to blister and becomes an open sore. Discoloration around the rim of the bedsore may increase, and the bedsore becomes much more painful for the person experiencing it.
The bedsore deepens into a noticeable depression in the skin with dark discoloration around the edges. Underlying fat layers may be visible if the bedsore has penetrated through multiple outer skin layers.
Muscles, tendons, and bones may be visible through the open sore, as the bedsore infection has progressed completely through the skin.
Anyone who discovers a bedsore at any stage of development in a Nassau County nursing home resident should remove that resident from that facility and immediately get them professional medical attention. This should be a priority even above contacting legal counsel or investigating the cause of the bedsore. The failure to promptly treat bedsores can lead to them getting bad enough to threaten the life of the person experiencing the infection.
Once the resident’s condition is stabilized, it is important to keep copies of all medical reports and bills and access and make copies of all records related to the resident’s care in their nursing home if it is at all possible to do so. Unfortunately, nursing homes that allow residents to develop bedsores through neglect may also be willing to break the law by destroying evidence of their misconduct.
In addition to helping with evidence collection and preservation, a knowledgeable legal professional can help turn that evidence into a comprehensive case for civil compensation. There may be multiple parties who hold civil liability for a single infection form a bedsore, and a seasoned lawyer’s guidance may be vital to holding them all accountable for their misconduct.
Bedsores do not happen unless someone has been seriously neglected or abused. You can almost always take legal action over any bedsore in a Nassau County nursing home. Call today to discuss your legal options.
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