NJ Lawyer Protects Your Elderly Loved One Against Hazardous Nursing Home Conditions

Hazardous conditions in a nursing home need to be taken seriously and remedied immediately because they often lead to the spread of infections throughout the facility. In the worst cases, the spread of bacteria in a nursing home can be deadly. Regardless of the extent of the injuries, the nursing home may be liable for damages if the conditions stemmed from neglect.

Sugarman Law is a highly regarded law firm with a team of skilled nursing home injury lawyers who appear in courtrooms throughout the entire state, including North Jersey, South Jersey, and Central Jersey. You can read about some of the firm’s recent successes by visiting the Sugarman Law verdicts & settlements page.

NJ State Law Protects Elderly Nursing Home Residents from Hazardous Nursing Home Conditions

Nursing homes should be cleaned and sanitized just as any medical facility is cleaned and sanitized. In fact, in many instances nursing homes should be even cleaner because elderly residents are often in poor physical condition and cannot afford to be exposed to illness or infection. Elderly residents who are already in weak health may not recover from a serious illness. The consequences of unsanitary conditions in a nursing home include dangerous infections, bed sores, severe weight loss, and wrongful death.

Hazardous conditions in NJ nursing homes pose serious health risks. Whether it’s a wet or slippery floor, loose floor tiles, poor lighting, incorrect bed height, or dirty bedding, the nursing home needs to take immediate action to remedy the problem and ensure the health and wellbeing of all residents. The specific causes of hazardous conditions in nursing home facilities include:

• Nursing home staff does not regularly sanitize residents’ bathrooms and shower facilities
• Failure to anesthetize medical equipment prior to treatment
• Staff fails to regularly change residents’ bedding
• Failure to change residents’ bedpans
• Residents are not regularly bathed
• Failure to wipe down common areas
• Trash is not properly disposed of
• Nursing home employees do not maintain good hygiene
• Nursing home employees do not wash hands prior to handling residents’ food
• Nursing home does not quarantine residents with contagious illnesses
• Overcrowding
• Under-staffing
• Nursing home staff is not properly trained
• Failure to clean residents’ wounds

Experienced Attorney Exposes Hazardous and Unsanitary Conditions in New Jersey Nursing Homes

As a caregiver or a relative of an elderly individual in a nursing home, you can protect your loved one against hazardous conditions in a nursing home by remaining vigilant and being on the lookout for unsanitary conditions. When you notice that the facility is not in immaculate shape, do not hesitate to speak up and contact a nursing home negligence attorney.

The experienced attorneys at Sugarman Law appear in courts throughout New Jersey on a regular basis and fight the good fight to hold nursing homes accountable for failing to keep residents safe and healthy. The firm has provided invaluable nursing home resources to victims of negligence since 1991. Contact Barry Sugarman or a member of his skilled legal team today to schedule a free consultation at one of the firm’s offices in Marlton or Somerville.

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