Savannah GA Nursing Home Dehydration Lawyer

Dehydration Attorney Savannah Georgia

If you have been the victim of dehydration in a nursing home near Savannah GA, then call a Savannah Georgia nursing home negligence law firm at (phone).

Dehydration in Nursing Home Residents

Dehydration is a rapid weight loss of greater than 3 percent of body weight that can result from increased fluid losses due to illness, the effects of medications, or decreased fluid intake.

Nursing homes have an obligation to take care of the elder residents. Due to their age and health conditions, the elder residents are prone to dehydration. Dehydration occurs due to lack of necessary fluid content in the body to perform normal and crucial bodily functions. Dehydration can result in:

•            Skin tenting in the forehead
•            Dark or concentrated urine
•            Sunken eyes
•            Dry mouth, skin and nasal passages
•            Low blood pressure
•            Tachycardia (racing heart)
•            Weakness
•            Dizziness
•            Fatigue

The reasons for dehydration in a nursing home include lack of individualized care, inadequate staffing, high nurse aide turnover, and lack of professional supervision of aides

Elder residents who must be fed because of functional or cognitive impairments are especially vulnerable. It takes time and patience to feed a person safely and sufficiently, and staffing in nursing homes is often inadequate for the task.

Nursing home dehydration is a form of nursing home abuse. If your elder relative is a victim of nursing home dehydration, you may be eligible to pursue a significant financial award to cover pain and suffering, medical expenses and more

Nursing home dehydration is a specialized area and requires specialized skill and experience. Our Georgia nursing home dehydration attorneys have what it takes to get you the compensation you deserve. We will investigate and identity all sources of compensation. Don’t loose out on the compensation you rightly deserve.

Our nursing home dehydration lawyers are based in Savannah Georgia.  Our lawyers fight to get nursing home injury victims the compensation they are entitled to. 

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