Poor Hygiene and Bedsores
Understanding the Connection
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Elder Abuse & Nursing Home Neglect
The Relationship Between
Poor Hygiene and Bedsores
When a nursing home resident develops a bed sore, family members want answers; however, it is rare that they receive the correct information. Bed sores are caused by unrelieved pressure on the body. If a nursing home resident is not receiving proper pressure relief, a bed sore will develop. That is why they are also known as pressure ulcers.
Poor hygiene and bedsores often go hand in hand. If a resident is not kept clean and dry, the chances of them developing a bed sore is significantly increased. These facts are rarely provided to family members when a bed sore develops because the nursing staff does not want you to know what actually happened. They do not want you to know that the bed sore was the result of nursing home negligence.
A Nursing Home’s Failure
to Keep its Residents Clean
Philadelphia / PA or NJ nursing home residents often cannot complete even the most basic tasks, such as cleaning themselves. Nursing home residents are assessed by the staff to determine what they can and cannot do. If a resident cannot clean, bathe, change, or toilet themselves, it is the responsibility of the nursing home to provide this care.
Nursing home staff members must be attentive to all hygiene areas. This is particularly important to those at risk or who have already developed a bed sore. Poor hygiene care can make the skin more vulnerable to wounds. If a bed sore has already developed, poor hygiene can lead to further deterioration of the wound. Poor hygiene can also lead to a bed sore infection. Infected bed sores often lead to life-threatening conditions such as septic shock. Hopefully, you are beginning to see the relation between poor hygiene and bedsores.
It is crucial to obtain an experienced New Jersey or Pennsylvania (including Philadelphia) nursing home abuse attorney, such as Brian P. Murphy, before a pressure ulcer, injury, or other form of negligence or abuse occurs. With decades of experience winning nursing home lawsuits, The Law Firm of Brian Murphy, P.C. will create an action plan to help you prevent, control, or react to any neglect or abuse your loved one may experience.
Poor Hygiene and Bedsores
Found in Short-Staffed Nursing Homes
Many corporate owners of Eastern Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and New Jersey nursing homes purposely reduce their nursing home staffing levels to keep operating costs down and business profits up. Although this may be a logical business practice, when taken to an extreme, it places nursing home residents at a far greater risk of nursing home abuse and neglect. Common signs of such nursing home neglect and abuse includes poor hygiene and bedsores development.
When a Philadelphia nursing home (or any within Pennsylvania or New Jersey) is short-staffed, elderly residents who are in continuous need of assistance are commonly neglected. It takes time to properly change, clean, and bathe residents who cannot do it themselves. Often it takes more than one nurse aide to complete the tasks. If a nursing home is short-staffed, proper hygiene is not being provided. As a result of this nursing home neglect, bed sores often develop and/or deteriorate in condition. Bedsore development that results from poor hygiene care is one of the most common signs of neglect found in Philadelphia / PA and NJ nursing home facilities.
You should know that the vast majority of bed sores that develop in Philadelphia and/or PA, as well as NJ nursing homes are avoidable if proper hygiene and other care is provided; hence, the connection between poor hygiene and bedsores is made.
Don’t Believe the Excuses Nursing Homes Provide
Nursing homes never want to take responsibility for the development of a bed sore. It means they might have to admit the link between correlation and causation when it comes to poor hygiene and bedsores. The nursing home staff will make every effort to convince family members that the bed sore was the result of factors beyond the control of the nursing home staff. In a Philadelphia / PA or NJ nursing home, care providers often point to the residents’ age and medical conditions as the reason for the bed sore. The nursing home staff will tell family members that the bed sore was inevitable.
Bed Sores Are Signs of Nursing Home Neglect
The vast majority of bed sores suffered by residents in Philadelphia nursing homes or anywhere in the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey are almost entirely avoidable if proper care is provided. Do not allow nursing homes to make excuses. Bed sores are far less likely to develop or deteriorate if a resident is being kept clean and dry. Only in very limited circumstances can a bed sore be considered inevitable—hence, the connection between poor hygiene and bedsores.
You Need a Nursing Home Bedsore Attorney
Serving New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, and concentrating on legal matters in Philadelphia, Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Lawyer Brian P. Murphy is highly trained to focus on all aspects of a nursing home neglect case, including the basis for the development and deterioration of bed sores. Mr. Murphy has years of experience in bedsore-related cases. He knows precisely where to look and with whom to speak to determine if you have a valid bed sore case. Get your questions answered today.
Malpractice Attorney with Decades of Experience
Brian P. Murphy is a well-regarded Pennsylvania and New Jersey nursing home personal injury attorney. He has represented many elderly nursing home residents subjected to abuse and neglect throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania, consistently winning favorable settlements.
Nursing home abuse and neglect is a complicated area of personal injury law. Only an experienced nursing home attorney can accurately answer your questions and offer you guidance in moving forward. Attorney Murphy has been filing lawsuits against New Jersey and Pennsylvania nursing homes (including Philadelphia) since 2006. He knows which questions will get directly to the issues with which you are concerned. Fully familiar with all the symptoms of nursing home abuse and neglect, Brian P. Murphy can help you identify and stop your loved one’s abuse or neglect. Read what Mr. Murphy’s prior clients have to say.
In Eastern Pennsylvania, Mr. Murphy files nursing home lawsuits from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. He also files lawsuits throughout New Jersey. Mr. Murphy has been very successful in litigating claims against PA and NJ nursing homes, earning millions of dollars in compensation for his clients.
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