Wrongful Death Lawsuit Alleges that Illinois Nursing Home Neglect Led to Improper Pressure Sore Care
Theresa Steiner’s relative is suing an Illinois nursing home for wrongful death. Steven Streiner says Caseyville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center’s failure to properly treat Theresa’s nursing home bedsores, which caused her sepsis and subsequent death.
The Illinois nursing home admitted Theresa as patient on December 12, 2008. She had a pressure sore on each heel. On her buttock, she had 3 stage II pressure sores.
When she was discharged from the assisted living facility and admitted to a hospital on December 19, 2008, there were a number of sores on her heels and the decubitus ulcers on her buttocks had turned into stage IV bedsores.
The Illinois nursing home neglect complaint contends that as a result of the pressure sores, Theresa developed sepsis. She died on January 7, 2009.
Sepsis
Sepsis is a serious illness that involves an infection in the bloodstream. People with injuries, wounds, or compromised immune systems and those who use catheters have a higher risk of developing sepsis.
Prior to her passing, Steven says Theresa experienced suffering, pain, loss of dignity, emotional trauma, and mental anguish. He is claiming Illinois nursing home negligence, including the alleged failure to properly screen her before admitting her as a nursing home resident, failure to develop a proper care plan for treating Theresa’s decubitus ulcers, failure to hire a proper wound care nurse, failure to notify her doctor that the pressure sores were getting worse, and failure to establish the proper policies regarding pressure sore care.
Steven is seeking over $300,000 in damages plus related costs. The defendants named in the Illinois nursing home negligence lawsuit are Caseyville Property and Caseyville Nursing and Rehabilitation.
Bedsores
Nursing homes must have the proper care plan for treating a patient’s pressure sores. Failure to provide that care can turn what should be a treatable condition into a serious injury that can turn fatal and can be grounds for an Illinois nursing home neglect or wrongful death lawsuit.
Nursing home blamed for resident's sepsis, Madison Record, December 7, 2009
Related Web Resources:
Sepsis, Medline
Pressure Sores, Mayo Clinic
