Melissa L. Rothenberg-Kapustin

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• Demographics across the country are changing. A larger percentage of the US population than ever before is over 65 years old.
• An increasing elderly population has led to a larger nursing home population. Unfortunately, this rising resident population has led to an increase in incidences of nursing home negligence and abuse

• Therefore, it is extremely important to pay attention to signs of nursing home neglect:

• What should you look out for?

• Bed sores, also known as pressure ulcers are among the most serious medical conditions that occur at nursing homes, and the rate of pressure ulcers in nursing home patients is often a quality-care indicator.

• How can you determine if you or your loved one is suffering from a bed sore?

• Pay attention to the following sign and symptoms:

• Check for persistent redness in the skin or a loss of partial thickness of the skin. A loss of thickness may look like an abrasion, a blister, or a shallow crater.

• A deep crater or a loss of full thickness of the skin which exposes muscles or bone is an extreme form of bed sores and can lead to severe injury and even death.

• How often are nursing home residents diagnosed with a bed sore? The CDC records that more than 10 percent of nursing home residents have suffered from a pressure ulcer.

• Be aware of the following factors that may lead to bed sores:

• Age is a factor: nursing home residents 64 and younger are more likely than older residents to be diagnosed with bed sores.

• Time spent in a nursing home also matters: residents who were at a nursing home for one year or less were more likely than long-term residents to be diagnosed with a pressure ulcer.

• Weight loss may be a sign: about 20 percent of nursing home residents with recent weight loss also had a bed sore.

• In addition to bed sores, pay attention to other forms of nursing home abuse and neglect:

• Malnutrition or dehydration
• Over-sedation
• Poor hygiene
• Medication mistakes
• Lack of supervision
• Property theft
• Abandonment
• Physical or mental abuse
• Bruises
• Fractures
• Urinary Tract Infections
• Sepsis

• As the elderly population increases, so must our awareness of the potential danger of nursing home negligence and abuse. Unfortunately, more than one million nursing home residents are abused in some manner every year.

• Do not let a senior suffer in silence- take action on his or her behalf.

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• A parent will always remember the birth of their child. You’ve waited for the big day from the moment you found out the news of your pregnancy.

• When you enter the hospital after 9 months of healthy doctor’s visits and tragedy hits, parents start to question how this could have happened.

• A birth injury- how can that be? You should know that you are not alone. In fact, 7 out of every 1,000 newborns, are injured during labor and delivery.

• Did your child suffer an injury that could have been prevented?
• There are several common types of birth injuries that are generally caused because of the negligence of a medical provider:

• Head injury
• Brain bleeds
• Skull, shoulder, leg, arm or collar bone Fractures
• Cerebral, Erbs or Brachial Plexus Palsy

• How do you know if your medical practitioner could have prevented your child’s birth injury?

• Did your medical practitioner check to see if you had a larger than normal baby that could cause birth complications?

• Did your medical practitioner take into account all of your own health complications before delivery?

• Was any and all bleeding responded to appropriately?

• Did your medical practitioner react to umbilical cord compression or entrapment or any other form of fetal distress?

• Was your c-section delayed?

• Did your medical practitioner misuse forceps or a vacuum extractor during delivery?

• Did you receive an inappropriate administration of birth induction drugs?

I’m sure you have many questions concerning you and your child. Our family of lawyers is here to help.

Melissa Rothenberg-Kapustin, Esq.

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