Augusta GA Nursing Home Dehydration Lawyer
Dehydration Attorney Augusta Georgia
If you have been the victim of dehydration in a nursing home near Augusta GA, then call a Augusta Georgia nursing home negligence law firm today.
Dehydration in Nursing Home Residents
Dehydration refers to the rapid weight loss of greater than 3 percent of body weight and can be caused by increased fluid losses because of illness, the effects of medications, or decreased fluid intake.
Nursing homes have a duty to take care of the elder residents. Because of their age and health conditions, the elder residents are prone to dehydration. Dehydration occurs because of lack of necessary fluid content in the body to perform normal and crucial bodily functions.
Dehydration can result in:
• Skin tenting in the forehead
• Dark or concentrated urine
• Sunken eyes
• Dry mouth, skin and nasal passages
• Low blood pressure
• Tachycardia (racing heart)
• Weakness
• Dizziness
• Fatigue
The reasons for dehydration in a nursing home include lack of individualized care, inadequate staffing, high nurse aide turnover, and lack of professional supervision of aides.
Elder residents who should be fed due to functional or cognitive impairments are specifically at risk. It takes 30 to 60 minutes to feed a person safely and sufficiently, and staffing in nursing homes is often inadequate for the task.
Nursing home dehydration is a form of nursing home abuse. If your elder relative is a victim of nursing home dehydration, you may be eligible to pursue a significant financial award to cover pain and suffering, medical expenses and more.
We provide quality legal representation to victims throughout Georgia in a range of nursing home abuse matters. With decades of experience successfully representing injured victims, our attorneys have the skills and background to help you recover the compensation you deserve.
We offer a high level of personal attention, responding to all phone calls within 24 hours, and regularly meeting with clients at their homes or in the hospital. We offer free initial consultations. Contact us NOW.
Our attorneys are meticulously detail-oriented and will follow through in every aspect of your case.
Our nursing home dehydration lawyers are based in Augusta Georgia. Our lawyers fight to get nursing home injury victims the compensation they are entitled to.
