As people grow older, their dexterity and mobility may diminish, making certain activities much more difficult.
Nursing homes and elderly care facilities are designed to ensure that our loved ones are looked after when we cannot take care of them ourselves.
Sadly, however, the facilities we select to protect our elderly relatives may have abusive staff members who inflict harm upon the residents and fail to provide adequate assistance.
One common and especially troubling form of nursing home abuse is malnutrition.
Malnutrition is a serious form of abuse that can have devastating effects on the well being of the elderly.
Because health is generally less secure for the elderly, the failure to ingest beneficial nutrients or substantial quantities of food may be especially harmful, and it has become standard practice to ensure that elderly people are maintaining adequate nutrients.
Some of the symptoms of malnutrition include:
There are many causes of malnutrition in elderly care facilities, such as poor quality of food, failure to acknowledge physical ailments or health conditions, understaffed facilities, and negligent caregivers.
Whatever the cause, nursing home abuse is a crime that should be addressed with aggressive legal action.
Malnutrition is just one form of this abuse and can lead to devastating losses and irreversible developments in health.
Nursing homes and elderly care facilities are designed to ensure that our loved ones are looked after when we cannot take care of them ourselves.
Sadly, however, the facilities we select to protect our elderly relatives may have abusive staff members who inflict harm upon the residents and fail to provide adequate assistance.
One common and especially troubling form of nursing home abuse is malnutrition.
Malnutrition is a serious form of abuse that can have devastating effects on the well being of the elderly.
Because health is generally less secure for the elderly, the failure to ingest beneficial nutrients or substantial quantities of food may be especially harmful, and it has become standard practice to ensure that elderly people are maintaining adequate nutrients.
Some of the symptoms of malnutrition include:
- Sudden weight loss
- Lethargy
- Diminishing muscle mass and function
- Joint pain
- Dizziness
- Nausea or stomach pain
- Decreased immune system
- Diminished neurological function
There are many causes of malnutrition in elderly care facilities, such as poor quality of food, failure to acknowledge physical ailments or health conditions, understaffed facilities, and negligent caregivers.
Whatever the cause, nursing home abuse is a crime that should be addressed with aggressive legal action.
Malnutrition is just one form of this abuse and can lead to devastating losses and irreversible developments in health.
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