Malnutrition/Dehydration

Representing the Powerless against the Powerful

Nutritious food and adequate water are essential to any person. For an elderly person, it can be a challenge to get adequate food and hydration. If the nursing home staff does not use the necessary care, a patient can suffer from life-threatening malnutrition and dehydration.

Malnutrition and Dehydration in the Elderly
California, Arizona and Nevada Nursing Home Neglect Lawyer

At the Brandi Law Firm, our staff and nursing home neglect lawyers have seen many cases in which staff members do not take the time and care necessary to assure each individual patient has enough to eat and drink.

There may be physical impediments to eating: dentures that do not fit properly or patients who cannot feed themselves, for example. The staff needs to be vigilant to those problems and offer the appropriate help.

The food in nursing homes may be a problem to patients. Generally, care facilities serve institutional food, and it may not fit the cultural backgrounds of patients. Additionally, the food offered may conflict with the patient’s religious or spiritual beliefs. No one should have to choose between eating something that offends and not eating at all.

Nursing home meal times can be chaotic, and a careless staff may not notice that a patient is not getting enough food. Elderly people need more water than younger people do; a lack of adequate hydration can cause skin problems (such as bedsores). Incontinence can also cause a need for more hydration.

If you feel that a loved one is not properly fed or is not getting enough water, ask questions of the care facility staff and talk to the nursing home neglect attorneys at the Brandi Law Firm.

Our nursing home neglect law firm represents elderly people and their families in nursing home neglect and financial abuse cases throughout California, Nevada and Arizona. Our nursing home neglect attorneys represent the powerless against the powerful.

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