Improper Nutrition

Los Angeles Nursing Home Neglect Lawyer

Providing healthy meals is a basic responsibility of any care facility. But surprisingly, all too often, nursing home caregivers fail to perform this simple and fundamental task. This is often because these facilities don't have the time or staff to provide proper custodial care. This can result in illness and needless suffering by nursing home residents. In some cases, the injuries are fatal.

Improper nutrition in nursing homes and assisted living facilities include:

• Failure to provide meals
• Failure to follow dietician-prescribed diets
• Failure to provide adequate liquids leading to dehydration
• Misplacement of feeding tubes
• And other improper nutrition procedures

Contact us to arrange for a free initial consultation. Attorney Peter K. Levine can review your case and discuss your legal options.

How Do Nutrition Mistakes Happen?

When a healthy, aware person is hungry, that person can speak up and get the attention of a staff member. Many nursing home residents however, are not fully aware of what is happening to them or cannot adequately give voice to their needs. In these situations, nurses and care assistants are supposed to be the eyes and ears of the resident — and provide the nutrition or liquids the resident needs.

Sadly, this does not always happen. Nutrition mistakes can occur through caregiver neglect or incompetence. Ultimately though, it comes down to poor supervision or management practices by nursing home executives and management. A successful nursing home lawsuit uncovers these failings and holds management responsible for their actions.

Put the Power of Experience to Work for You

Our firm has a long record of success in cases involving improper nutrition, caregiver negligence and other types of nursing home neglect.

We are prepared to undertake a comprehensive investigation of the events leading to your loved one's injuries. Through a careful review of resident care logs and records, aggressive depositions of witnesses and other investigatory techniques, we will identify what went wrong, who was responsible, and why it happened. Our goal is to obtain justice for the wrongs done to you and your loved one.

Free Initial Consultation With an Attorney

For a free initial consultation with Peter K. Levine about a case of improper nutrition in a nursing home, call 866.819.4503 toll free or send us an e-mail.