New Haven Nursing Home Malnutrition and Dehydration Lawyer
New Haven Nursing Home Malnutrition and Dehydration Attorney
A nursing home is supposed to be a place where a frail, ill, or disabled person will be watched out for, cared for, fed, and nurtured. When a nursing home resident dies, becomes seriously ill, or is injured, it may be a result of negligence on the most basic level, including:
Failure to monitor the resident
Failure to hydrate
Failure to give proper nutrition
Failure to monitor intake of food and liquids
It is not enough to simply place food and water in front of the resident at mealtime and assume he or she will eat and drink enough unassisted. Every nursing home or care facility is obligated to make certain that their residents are properly fed and hydrated. Staff members should monitor consumption of food and water to prevent malnutrition and dehydration. In addition, the resident should be weighed regularly. A decrease in weight may be a sign of malnutrition, and in some instances it can be a sign of nursing error or nursing home negligence.
How Jacobs & Jacobs Handles Malnutrition and Dehydration Cases
The challenge to prevent dehydration in a nursing home may be the result of one or more of the following:
Failure by staff to monitor a resident’s intake of food and liquids at mealtime
The elderly or disabled person may not “feel thirsty” as often as before due to the body’s slow shut-down of healthy mechanisms
The resident’s inability to voice needs such as thirst
