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Elderly Dehydration Abuse in Sacramento

Causes of Dehydration

Elder abuse is always shocking. It can be a very angering and confusing experience when a family learns of the abuse that their loved one is suffering. One kind of abuse that an elderly person may be subjected to is dehydration, which can result from a lack of provided fluids or even a lack of encouragement to drink enough liquids. Elderly persons may not realize that they are becoming dehydrated and may therefore fail to drink enough water or other beverages unless their caretakers encourage them to do so. This is an example of a lack of proper care. The Sacramento elderly dehydration attorneys at Newman Law Group, LLP can help you bring a case against the nursing home if your loved one has been abused.

Signs of Dehydration Abuse

Dehydration can cause a number of different symptoms including the following:

  • Dizziness
  • Confusion
  • Decreased urination
  • Constipation
  • Fever
  • Skin problems

The moment you suspect that your loved one is suffering dehydration due to elder abuse, consult with our Sacramento elder abuse attorneys from Newman Law Group, LLP. Your chances of winning the highest possible payout can increase with a skilled representative on your side. A member of our legal team could review your case and let you know what our seasoned attorneys could do for you and your loved one.

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Dangers of Elderly Dehydration

Dehydration among the elderly who reside in nursing homes often occurs alongside malnutrition. The combination of these two forms of abuse can have deadly consequences. However, even dehydration on its own is enough to cause significant health problems, especially when this condition goes on for an extended period of time. There are many elderly persons who end up in the hospital as a direct result of dehydration. In severe cases, dehydration can even lead to death.

Some of the most common dangers of dehydration in the elderly include:

  • Difficulty in walking
  • Rapid heart rate
  • Coma
  • Brain swelling
  • Seizures
  • Kidney failure
  • Pneumonia
  • Urinary tract infection

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If your loved one suffered from dehydration in a nursing home and required medical treatment or hospitalization, you should consider filing a personal injury lawsuit to pursue compensation for the losses incurred. To recover compensation, you will need to prove that the nursing home failed to uphold their duty of care to your family member, specifically in relation to ensuring they were getting enough liquids.

Our elder abuse attorneys can help you build a case against the nursing home by gathering pertinent evidence. Such evidence may include a record that indicates that the facility was understaffed and that this led to your loved one’s dehydration. The nursing home could try to argue that the dehydration was not their fault, but occurred because of some factor outside of their control, like an individual’s illness. In such scenarios, we may be able to use a medical record, as well as expert opinions, to prove negligence.

Contact a Sacramento elderly dehydration attorney today. With our help, you could fight for justice and rightful compensation.

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    While eating dinner at a Skilled Nursing Facility, our client was confronted by another resident who punched him, resulting in our client’s tragic death. The other resident had resided at the facility for five months, and over the course of those five months had engaged in numerous altercations with other residents, including two altercations that occurred in the 24-hour period before he assaulted and killed our client.

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    During our client’s roughly ten-week stay at a skilled nursing facility, he would suffer 8 falls, lose twenty (20) pounds, and develop an unstageable left heel pressure ulcer and a stage II coccyx pressure ulcer due to the facility’s reckless neglect. He was transferred to the hospital, where he was found severely dehydrated, his left heel wound required debridement for eschar and gangrene, and for the first time, a stage II coccyx ulcer was identified.

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