The Fresno nursing home negligence attorneys of Nursing Home Law Center LLC believe that there is a price to be paid for the widespread and systemic neglect being perpetrated by many nursing homes today. In the case of pressure sores, patients are often allowed to suffer in silence because caregivers do not have the time or resources to provide the most basic care that you have the right to demand. If your loved one has been injured due to the development and advancement of a pressure ulcer at a Fresno nursing home or assisted living facility, we would like to hear more about your claim.Fresno has experienced steady growth over the last decade, with almost a 5% increase in population from 2010 to 2015 alone. Its population of 520,000 makes it the fifth largest city in the state and its diverse population includes a senior segment that makes up 9.3% of its populace. As more residents between the age of 50 and 65 begin to consider retirement or develop conditions common among the aging, the need for senior services is due to increase significantly in the near future.
The Fresno Senior Connection program provides seniors access to nutritious meals, transportation assistance, home security inspections and fire safety services. There are also six senior centers located throughout the city where the aging can connect with people sharing similar interests and participate in group activities and events. To learn more, you can visit this site.
The decision to place a loved one under professional nursing care alone can be stressful as it is disheartening to see someone you care about struggle to take care of his or her needs. Many are apprehensive simply because they fear their loved ones will be subject to neglect after hearing of all the reports of poor care surfacing in recent history.
Fortunately, 16 of the 27 nursing facilities serving Fresno have outstanding Medicare ratings and the best way to separate these facilities from the ones with histories of providing substandard care is to use the nursing home compare tool provided on Medicare’s website. It allows you to compare nursing centers side by side and will let you see whether a facility has been cited or fined over the last several years so that you can avoid placing your loved one in an unhealthy environment.
To use this valuable tool, visit the Medicare website.
Even though Fresno has plenty of quality nursing homes, there are an increasing number of reports surfacing pertaining to the neglectful treatment of nursing residents. These cases are primarily attributed to the understaffing of for profit centers as a strategy to reduce overhead and secure a great profit margin. As more for profit companies enter the market, the problem is becoming more common and concerning.
As the prevention and treatment of a bedsore merely requires supervision and routine repositioning of the patient, it is incredulous to believe that a patient left to suffer from an advanced stage pressure ulcer was receiving the attention and basic care he or she needed. It becomes easier to see how it is possible for caregivers to be so inattentive once you consider how stressed and rushed they are when they are forced to care for more patients than they are able to.
Nursing Home Law Center LLC has litigated on behalf of thousands of nursing abuse victims and our attorneys have the experience and legal knowledge needed to hold negligent nursing centers accountable for their unjust treatment of those they promise to serve. If your loved one has been injured or developed a bed sore during a stay at a Fresno nursing facility, contact us today to arrange a free consultation with an award winning Fresno bedsore injury attorney so that we can review your legal options together and help you determine the best course of action to take.
Should you have questions about California law related to pressure sores and nursing homes, view our page here.
If you are looking for an attorney to assist with the investigation or prosecution of a Fresno nursing home abuse case involving bed sores or other injury visit the pages below:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
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