With nursing home neglect cases on the rise, the North Charleston bedsore injury attorneys of Nursing Home Law Center LLC are acting aggressively on behalf of those who have suffered serious harm due to the development and worsening of pressure ulcers. These sores are telltale symptoms of systemic neglect in nursing homes because they are completely avoidable in most instances.
If your loved one has suffered harm or complications due to a pressure sore during an admission to a North Charleston, SC nursing home, we invite you to allow us to launch an investigation on your behalf so that you can achieve the justice that you seek and so deserve. Contact the Nursing Home Law Center today for a free review of your legal rights and options.
The city of North Charleston is growing nearly as rapidly as its southern neighbor, Charleston. As the third largest city in the state, it has a population of 108,000. Only five years ago, its population was below 98,000, indicating how popular the city has become for new prospective residents. Among these residents are numerous seniors and aging Baby Boomers who plan to retire sometime in the near future.
Seniors make up about 8.4% of North Charleston’s populace. Its government has setup numerous senior centers throughout the city so that residents can remain healthy and active into their golden years. These centers offer a range of activities— from educational courses to arts and crafts to social activities and games to group outings and trips. To find a center near you, visit the North Charleston website at http://www.northcharleston.org/Residents/Parks-and-Recreation/Programs-and-Camps/Senior-Activities/Senior-Centers.aspx.
Without key information about a nursing home’s history, it can be difficult to determine whether your loved one will receive the level and quality of care promised. Our North Charleston pressure sore lawyers advise people to use the nursing home compare tool offered by Medicare to cut through the noise and reveal which homes are truly worthy of consideration. For example, there are 15 nursing homes serving the immediate North Charleston area and only four of them have received perfect ratings from Medicare.
This tool rates all of the facilities based on health and safety practices, whether facilities employ enough staff and the facilities’ penalty histories. It only took us a few moments to highlight Life Care Center of Charleston as a home to avoid, as an example; due to an extensive history of fines over the last three years. It has paid six fines in excess of $147,000 and even been denied federal payments because of its negligence. You can use the tool too at https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare.
Barring an occasional exception to the rule, bedsores are usually signs of neglect on a systemic level. Caregivers at understaffed nursing homes do their best with the time and resources at their disposal, but without enough staff on duty, it is impossible to look after the needs of every patient. Pressure ulcer prevention isn’t considered a priority when this is the case, and the simple means needed to prevent or treat these sores is never provided.
Once a pressure ulcer is allowed to progress into advanced stages, it can become infected and cause severe pain. The infection may move to the bone or into the blood stream, where it is both life threatening and difficult to treat. Doctors often need to perform surgeries to remove dead tissue before there is any hope the wounds can begin to heal. Infections in the bones or blood are also notorious for requiring unorthodox and extreme measures to treat.
If your loved one has suffered from a pressure ulcer, Nursing Home Law Center LLC can help you hold those responsible for his or her care accountable for their misdeeds. Contact us today to arrange a free case review with one of our award winning North Charleston bedsore injury attorneys so that we can gather the information needed to investigate the matter further. We will review your legal options with you and let you know what you can expect from legal action so that you can make an informed choice on how to proceed.
Should you have questions about South Carolina law related to pressure sores, view our page here.
If you are looking for an attorney to assist with the investigation or prosecution of a nursing home abuse case involving bed sores or other injury visit the pages below:
Attorney Nathan Hughey
Licensed in South Carolina
North Charleston Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home