Wrongful Bedsore Death of a Massachusetts Nursing Home Resident : Massachusetts’s Hathorne Hill in Danvers has been cited for other recent incidents of nursing home malpractice related to substandard care and conditions that jeopardized the health and safety of the residents.
A Massachusetts nursing home is accused of nursing home malpractice in the form of neglect related to the wrongful bedsore death of a patient, a CBS News Boston article reports. According to the article, a pressure ulcer sustained by Luciano Guiseppe Sforza at Hathorne Hill in Danvers deteriorated, became infected, and led to his death just months after being admitted to the facility for rehabilitation.
Sforza, who needed the rehab for walking, was admitted to Hathorne Hill in March of 2022 and quickly developed a bedsore. By July he was hospitalized for the infected wound and was placed in intensive care, dying weeks later from sepsis.
Bed sores are a far too common result of nursing home malpractice. Although certain factors such as a resident’s age, weight, medical conditions, or mobility put residents at a greater risk for developing bed sores, none of these are the primary cause of the ailment. Bedsores are the result of the skin’s prolonged exposure to pressure. Not relieving pressure for residents at risk for bedsores (e.g. ensuring a patient is regularly moved from or turned in his or her bed or wheelchair) is negligence on the part of the nursing home and a nursing home malpractice lawyer should be consulted. In the event of a bedsore that has seriously deteriorated to the point of causing infection and death, a wrongful death attorney will unfortunately need to be called.
“It should have never happened,” said Sforza’s wife, Lori, about his death. “It was neglect of the highest order, neglect.”
Lori went on to say she intends to sue for nursing home malpractice and has hired a wrongful death attorney.
According to the article, Hathorne hill has recently been cited for other incidents of nursing home malpractice. The incidents are as follows:
- Medication Errors: a nurse gave morphine to the wrong patient; the nurse failed to report the mistake.
- Nursing Home Abuse: a nursing assistant forced a resident to change their own ostomy bag; this incident also went unreported.
Fighting Against Neglectful Care, Elder Abuse, and Wrongful Death
Attorney Brian P. Murphy strives to uphold the safety and rights of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, or New Jersey nursing home residents. Your loved one living in a Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, or New Jersey nursing home should never be subjected to any sort of nursing home malpractice, including any neglect that causes, or leads to the worsening of, bedsores. As an experienced nursing home malpractice and wrongful death attorney, Brian Murphy holds accountable those Philadelphia/PA or NJ nursing homes responsible for negligence and abuse of every kind. Should you find yourself needing to contact a nursing home malpractice and wrongful death attorney, or if you need guidance in choosing a nursing home, call Brian Murphy today.
