Malnutrition & Nursing Home Negligence

Nursing Home Neglect Attorney in St. Louis

Ensuring that an elderly patient or resident is getting enough food and nutrients is an important part of the care that a nursing home or assisted living facility should provide. The failure to properly provide for the nutritional wellbeing of a patient may easily cause malnutrition, a condition that is preventable but may lead to infection, weakness, bedsores, reduced immunity to bacteria and viruses, and pneumonia. A St. Louis nursing home should take care in completing a nutritional assessment of a patient to ensure he or she is receiving sufficient nutrients through diet and/or vitamin supplements. This may need to extend further than simply ensuring there is food for elderly patients to eat, particularly when a patient has difficulty chewing, suffers from decreased appetite or has other issues with eating.

If a loved one is suffering from malnutrition due to negligence in a St. Louis area nursing home, do not wait to consult with an attorney at our law offices to find out about your legal options in this matter. With our help, you may be able to seek to hold the facility or caregiver responsible for their actions. Our firm offers a free initial consultation to discuss your unique case, and your information will be kept entirely confidential.

St. Louis Nursing Home Malnutrition Lawyer

Elderly patients in nursing homes deserve to be treated with respect and should receive the care and nutrition they need. Accordingly, our law firm is committed to helping victims of nursing home negligence and malnutrition throughout Missouri. To find out more about your rights in this matter and the services an attorney at our offices can provide, feel free to contact a St. Louis nursing home malnutrition lawyer at our firm today. We are here to help you!