ORANGE COUNTY NURSING HOME DEATHS DUE TO NEGLIGENCE. TALK TO ELDER ABUSE LAWYERS.
Senior citizens and their loved ones have the expectation that the care received at a nursing home is, at the very least, competent. While every assisted living facility, or nursing home, resident has different needs, it is the responsibility of the home and its staff to provide a standard of care that does not harm or risk the lives on patients. When the standard of care is inadequate, the nursing home could be negligent. Nursing home negligence can lead to severe injury or death of elderly residents. Negligent care includes not providing adequate nourishment, supervision, or hygienic care. Learn more about nursing home/assisted residential living facility negligence and elder abuse at www.alawpro.com. Two separate Orange County nursing homes have been fined after negligent care resulted in patient death. If you believe that you or a loved one has been hurt or died due to nursing home negligence, call 1-800-ALAWPRO and speak to a California lawyer for free.
Huntington Valley Healthcare Center in Huntington Beach has been fined $80,000 by the California Department of Public Health after a patient died. Apparently the nursing staff believed, mistakenly, that the elderly resident had a DNR (Due Not Resuscitate) order. When the patient had a heart attack, they did not attempt to revive him or call paramedics.
Alamitos West Health Care Center in Los Alamito, OC, has been fined $100,000 by the CA Dept. of Public Health. State officials found the nursing home negligent for failing to provide an 82-year old female resident with proper fluid intake, resulting in her death. They also discovered that the facility did not heed doctor’s orders regarding the patient and kept shoddy records of her progress and care. The woman died after being hospitalized with dehydration, a bladder infection, and altered mental status.
Have you or someone close to you been neglected or abused at an Orange County nursing home? Then talk to the Law Firm who will fight for you. At the Law Offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP, we have more than 50 years combined legal experience. Let us do the work and worrying for you. Call us at 1-800-ALAWPRO (1-800-252-9776) for you free and confidential consultation. We are here for you now.
