California Nursing Home Neglect Lawyers: Bowel & Bladder
Sometimes families are forced to make the difficult decision to put a loved one into a nursing home or residential care facility. They must trust that the people they choose to care for their loved one will provide adequate services. It can be devastating when those services are not given — when loved ones experience bowel and bladder injuries, severe infections and even death.
At The Garcia Law Firm, in the Los Angeles area, we stand up for the victims of bowel and bladder injuries and their families throughout California. Our experienced legal team has achieved a record of success in this area, including a jury award of $2.4 million for a woman who was left in her own waste for days at a time, resulting in massive infections and other problems, as well as many other multi-million dollar jury verdicts and settlements.
How Nursing Home Neglect leads to Fecal Impaction and UTI
Elderly adults in nursing homes are vulnerable. They are often unable to move without assistance, even to feed themselves and to use the bathroom. They are completely dependent on nursing home staff to care for them. At the same time, nursing home staff are often overworked and underpaid. Far too often, this combination results in nursing home neglect and abuse.
When elderly adults are not fed enough, when they are not given enough water, when their catheters and adult diapers are not changed, the results can be shocking. More than the intense pain of fecal impaction, patients experience kidney failure, sepsis and death. At The Garcia Law Firm, we represent the victims of a wide range of bowel and bladder injuries due to nursing home neglect:
- Urinary tract infections (UTI)
- Fecal impaction
- Bowel obstruction
- Abdominal and colon abscesses (diverticular abscesses)
- Sepsis (toxic infections)
- Kidney failure (renal insufficiency / renal failure)
- Wrongful death
Contact our California Law Firm
Lack of respect, lack of dignity and lack of care are not part of the aging process. Elder abuse and neglect should never be tolerated. When a healthcare facility has abused or neglected someone you love, contact an attorney. Call The Garcia Law Firm toll free at 800.281.8515. We offer free and confidential initial consultations. And, at our law firm, there is never a fee unless you recover.
