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In addition to ensuring they have opportunities to socialize with peers and visitors, assistance with daily medical needs and mobility, and a sanitary environment to live in, nursing homes also must provide for the basic nutritional needs of all their residents. Unfortunately, lack of food and water is one of the more common ways neglect manifests inside nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
If someone close to you has suffered harm from dehydration and malnutrition in a Nassau County nursing home, it may compel you as their friend or family member to take legal action on their behalf. With support from a seasoned nursing home abuse lawyer, you can make sure your loved one does not experience any further mistreatment and that they are compensated fairly for the harm they have already unjustly sustained.
Much like many other forms of abuse and neglect in Nassau County nursing homes, dehydration and malnutrition can be deceptively difficult to identify, even for people who are paying close attention to a resident’s well-being. This is mainly because many of the symptoms associated with extreme lack of food or water can also be caused by other, more mundane illnesses. Stonewalling from facility staff members and administrators can make it hard to get clear information about exactly what is happening inside a particular nursing home and what might be affecting a specific resident.
With that in mind, family members of people should be especially wary about the following symptoms, since they are often correlated with severe dehydration and malnutrition:
A experienced attorney could help review the circumstances surrounding a nursing home resident’s care and offer guidance about legal options during a private consultation.
Legal counsel can also provide vital help with identifying and demanding fair compensation for every form of harm a nursing home resident suffers due to a lack of food and water inside their Nassau County nursing home. In the short term, this typically means seeking restitution for the costs of emergency medical treatment, and potentially for lost wages and other expenses for family members who have to take time off work to care for an elderly loved one.
In the long term, it can be important to recover for the physical and psychological suffering a dehydrated or malnourished nursing home resident experienced, as well as a decline in their overall quality of life. Finally, if this kind of mistreatment directly causes a resident’s premature death, a skilled legal professional could help surviving family members recover for their own ensuing losses through a wrongful death claim.
No nursing home resident deserves to be mistreated in any way by the people who have been entrusted with their daily care. However, abuse and neglect happen in many more nursing homes than most people would like to think, and sometimes, it takes the form of a resident not having their most basic nutritional needs met.
Dehydration and malnutrition in Nassau County nursing homes often serve as grounds for comprehensive civil litigation. Call today to learn how a capable nursing home abuse lawyer could help with your unique claim.
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