Nursing homes provide ongoing care for individuals requiring daily support due to age or medical conditions. A key component of that support is ensuring residents receive the necessary water and nutrients to live as healthy as possible. Yet, dehydration and malnutrition in Virginia Beach nursing homes are a real risk for residents due to a variety of negligent and abusive practices.
The resulting medical harm and injury from these issues could be the fault of a nursing home and enable you or a loved one to pursue a claim for damages. The compassionate nursing home abuse attorneys at The Law Office of Carlton Bennett are strong supporters of abused nursing home residents and have 50 years of experience in personal injury cases.
An abusive caretaker at a nursing home may deliberately withhold food and water. Malnutrition can also stem from neglect caused by a facility’s failures. This neglect may result from any of the following issues, constituting a breach of the nursing home’s duty of care to residents:
Residents with medical conditions are particularly vulnerable. In Virginia Beach nursing homes, dehydration and malnutrition pose serious health risks, increasing their susceptibility to illness and severe harm. You can file a complaint with the Enforcement Division of the Virginia Department of Health Professions about suspected abuse within a nursing home or assisted living care facility.
The physical, emotional, and mental harm that a Virginia Beach nursing home resident suffers because of dehydration or malnutrition may entitle them to file a civil lawsuit. A successful claim can help to expose abusive practices within nursing homes and protect others from suffering dehydration or malnutrition in the future. Additionally, a civil claim can result in the recovery of compensation for damages a nursing home resident or their family suffers. Examples of these damages may include a resident’s pain and suffering and costs for medical care. The deadline to file a claim against a negligent or abusive nursing home is two years under Virginia’s statute of limitations for personal injury claims.
Dehydration and malnutrition in Virginia Beach nursing homes are serious forms of neglect that can lead to severe health complications. Our attorneys at The Law Office of Carlton Bennett are familiar with cases of nursing home abuse and neglect. We represent clients injured by the failures of healthcare facilities in claims to recover compensation in a settlement or at trial. Schedule a case review with our office today.