Woman’s Illinois Nursing Home Neglect Lawsuit Claims Resident Died Because Staffers Failed to Property Treat His Bedsores, UTI, and Leg Ischemia
Shirley McManus is seeking over $150,000 plus attorney’s fees and costs against Caseyville Property and Caseyville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for Newton J. McManus Jr.’s wrongful death. She is alleging nursing home negligence and claims that he died because nursing home staffers did not properly treat his decubitus ulcers.
Shirley contends that because Newton developed leg ischemia, bedsores, and a urinary tract infection after he was admitted to the assisted living facility on May 8, 2008, he died just 24 days later. She says that nursing home negligence by staffers, the assisted living facility, and its owner, caused her his personal injuries and wrongful death. Shirley is also accusing the defendants of inadequate nursing care, failure to protect Newton from Illinois nursing home abuse and neglect, failure to notify a doctor about his health issues, inadequate treatment of his pressure sores, failure to comprehensively assess his health, and failure to make sure that he maintain a certain weight.
Shirley says that prior to Newton’s death, he incurred medical expenses and experienced emotional distress, mental anguish, serious pain and suffering, and loss of dignity.
Inadequate Nursing Care
What may seem like a minor health condition, wound, or illness at first can turn serious if proper nursing and medical care are not administered immediately. It is nursing home neglect to provide inadequate nursing care. Not only can it lead to health complications or death for a resident, but also the patient may have to experience severe pain and suffering and loss of dignity and comfort.
Woman sues Caseyville nursing home over man's death, The Record, June 3, 2010
Related Web Resources:
Decubitus Ulcers, Emedicine
Leg ischemia, American Family Physician
