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Anyone who has ever visited or worked inside a nursing home likely knows just how easy it is for illnesses to spread among vulnerable elderly populations living in close proximity to one another. Knowing the dangers posed by infections in Connecticut nursing homes, it is incredibly important for staff members to be diligent about keeping these spaces as sanitary and safe as possible. When staff and administrators fail to take reasonable steps to keep residents safe, they might be legally liable for infections that result.
If your loved one contracted a serious illness or infection inside a nursing home, it is crucial that you understand your legal options. Throughout your legal proceedings, a capable nursing home neglect lawyer from Berkowitz and Hanna LLC can help you build the strongest possible case and maximize the restitution you can obtain on your family member’s behalf.
While nursing home staff members and administrators are not automatically civilly liable for every infection their residents contract, they do have a duty of care to take reasonable precautions to minimize the risk of infections occurring in their facility. In addition to establishing and strictly following basic sanitation and disease prevention procedures, these facilities must also pay close attention to each resident’s physical condition, ensure they all have clean and healthy living conditions, and promptly quarantine sick residents to minimize the spread of infectious disease.
Failure to do any of these things can directly contribute to a resident suffering harm through a preventable infection and may qualify as legally actionable negligence. Furthermore, nursing homes in Connecticut that fail to provide proper medical treatment to residents who contract infections may also be liable for complications arising from that lack of proper care. A dedicated lawyer can help you determine whether your specific situation constitutes negligence.
After learning a loved one has contracted a serious infection due to nursing home staff negligence, it is most important to get that resident to a safe place and ensure they receive proper medical care for their condition. Once they are stable, a skilled attorney can help conduct a thorough investigation into how the infection happened and who contributed to causing it through reckless or careless misconduct.
Every person who played a role in allowing a preventable infection inside a Connecticut nursing home can be held civilly liable to pay for damages such as medical bills, physical pain, and psychological distress caused by the infection. In the event an infection has fatal repercussions for a resident, surviving family members may be able to sue for their own ensuing losses through what is known as wrongful death litigation.
Every nursing home resident deserves not only to have all their basic physical, psychological, and social needs met but also to have clean living conditions that do not put them at unnecessary risk of illness or infection. A nursing home that fails to provide this level of care to its residents may be civilly liable for ensuing injuries and losses, especially if the resulting infection has life-threatening consequences.
That said, taking effective legal action over infections in Connecticut nursing homes can be complicated, and it is not something you have to handle on your own. Call today to learn more about how our dedicated legal professionals from Berkowitz and Hanna LLC can help you with this kind of case.
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