Cases of Septic Shock and Wrongful Death Now NHCC Priority
The Nursing Home Complaint Center is now making cases of sepsis, septic shock, wrongful death and broken bones in elder care facilities its highest priority. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the Nursing Home Complaint Center will investigate any case where relatives of elderly individuals have proof that their loved ones died as a result of neglect or abuse that led to their suffering from any of these ailments.
The primary goal of the NHCC is to prevent cases where elderly people lose their life as a result of sepsis or any other preventable ailments. The NHCC argues that elderly neglect can easily occurin any facility as a result of many things and sometimes this negligence can lead to the elderly person suffering from sepsis.
Sepsis is a blood infection that can arise from various causes including infections like pneumonia, urinary tract infections, and others. These infections can spread throughout the body and lead to sepsis, which in turn results in septic shock. Elderly people are especially susceptible to sepsis as well as children. Negligence from elder care facilities could easily lead to a resident suffering from sepsis. In many cases, a facility may be understaffed, leading to some residents being neglected either intentionally or unintentionally. Whether it is unintentional or not, though, it should never happen by any means.
