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Anyone who fails to get enough calories and nutrients or drink enough water can experience a decline in their overall health, which can lead to extreme dehydration or malnutrition. This can be life-threatening to anyone, regardless of their age or physical condition. However, these conditions are especially dangerous for elderly people in nursing homes, many of whom are already managing medical issues that make nutrition and hydration deficiencies more likely.
If you or your loved one became dehydrated or malnourished and required hospitalization while living in a nursing home or assisted living facility, contact our experienced nursing home neglect lawyers for help. Both dehydration and malnutrition in The Bronx nursing homes can serve as grounds for civil litigation, but achieving a favorable outcome could be challenging without guidance from a capable and compassionate attorney.
Every person employed by or responsible for operating and overseeing a nursing home owes a duty of care to each resident. These providers must always act with the best interests of residents in mind and refrain from infringing on any rights guaranteed to those residents by state law.
Failure to provide adequate food and water qualifies as a violation of the New York Nursing Home Bill of Rights. If you or a family member experienced this type of deprivation in a nursing home, we could help you take legal action over your ensuing injuries and losses. We could also potentially help you file suit over a Bronx elderly care home’s failure to provide sufficient and easy access to food and water for physically limited residents, serve properly nutritious meals on a regular schedule, or account for a resident’s unique dietary needs.
Treating the effects of malnutrition or dehydration caused by an assisted living facility in The Bronx can be physically stressful, emotionally traumatizing, and sometimes financially debilitating. A comprehensive lawsuit or settlement demand against a nursing home that allows such mistreatment of residents can account for those forms of harm and more, with specific compensable damages, including:
Under rare circumstances involving extraordinarily egregious negligence or intentionally malicious actions by a nursing home staff member or administrator, a court may also impose punitive damages against the individuals found at fault for a resident’s injuries. The injured resident would receive that money as additional compensation.
No one should become dangerously dehydrated or malnourished while in a facility devoted to their constant care. Nevertheless, dehydration and malnutrition in The Bronx nursing homes occur and are violations of rights for which you could file suit.
Our team could provide the custom-tailored legal guidance you need to enforce your right to civil recovery and protect your family’s future despite the harm sustained. Schedule an initial consultation by calling today.
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