Nursing Home Neglect - Choking Incidents
Dysphagia - trouble with chewing and swallowing - afflicts hundreds of thousands of seniors in our nation's nursing homes. The Illinois nursing home attorneys here at Steven J. Malman & Associates can help if you or a family member has suffered injuries resulting from negligence, abuse, or other kinds of lapses of care at a facility.
What causes elderly choking problems?
Causes can be multi factorial and might include:
- Poor diet - eating a high sugar, high carbohydrate diet, in particular, can lead to dental problems, obesity, and vascular damage -- and potentially even problems with the muscle tone in the face, jaws, and throat.
- Medications - muscle relaxants, for instance, can make swallowing difficult. Side effects and interactions with other medications can lead to problems swallowing and chewing.
- Physical obstruction - a lodged piece of food or other obstruction can cause serious and immediate problems.
- Dementia -- certain patients with advanced dementia can literally forget to swallow and, as a result, inhale pieces of food or liquids.
- Neurodegenerative diseases -- Parkinson's, cerebral palsy and other conditions can also put patients at higher risk for choking and congestion.
- Illness or infection -- can also heighten risk.
- Lack of supervision from nurses or other care providers.
How can you unravel the root cause of the choking? And how can you determine whether the nursing home and/or responsible medical professionals acted effectively and appropriately before, during, and after the incident?
Whether the incident led to an untimely death or to severe injuries and medical complications, speak with an experience, sympathetic, and deeply knowledgeable Chicago nursing home attorney here at Steven J. Malman & Associates. Contact us any time, 24X7, to discuss questions, concerns, or goals. We boast a history of practical successes. In just 15 years, we've served over 6,000 clients in the Northern Illinois/Chicago area, and we've delivered satisfaction and results time and again. Please visit our site at www.malmanlaw.com to learn more about what drives us to do we do, or dial 1-800-625-6265 (MALMAN-LAW) to schedule an appointment right now and take advantage of our zero fee guarantee.
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$1,225,000 settlement for a speedway patron who got hit by a baseball-sized rock kicked up by a race car. The rock hit her so hard, she needed an emergency tracheostomy and brain surgery.
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$6,000,000 settlement for our client, a 4 month old baby whose doctors had failed to diagnose a brain infection that left her with permanent brain damage and cerebral palsy.
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$11,800,000.00 in a product liability settlement for a father of five who tragically died when his tire treads failed, causing his vehicle to roll over.
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We obtained a $5 million settlement for a woman whose son died when his physician failed to diagnose a tumor.
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A woman recovered $2.25 million in a medical malpractice case, in which the woman's obstetrician/gynecologist failed to spot her cancer on a pap smear, causing our client to have to undergo multiple, surgeries.
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A $2 million verdict was obtained for a woman whose Ob/Gyn failed to refer her to a gynecologist to treat what turned out to be a malignant uterine sarcoma.
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We obtained a $1.7 million settlement in a nursing home neglect case in which a 72 year-old man suffered radiator burns so severe that he had to have his legs amputated.
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We obtained a $1.4 million award in a slip and fall case involving a 13 year-old boy who developed severe hip trouble after falling down the stairs of his high-rise.
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A $1.25 million settlement in favor of our client, an 18 year-old boy who lost most of his vision after being assaulted by a security guard.
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A union painter whose legs got crushed by a forklift recovered $1 million in damages.
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A $1 million settlement in favor of our client, a hemophiliac, who suffered severe soft tissue damage in a car accident.
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A union steel worker who injured his back moving a 300 pound steel beam in the rain recovered $1 million for his construction site work injury.
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We obtained a $900,000 settlement in the case of a beaten prison inmate who died after being given the wrong medication at the hospital.
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A 54 year-old woman recovered $600,000 in a product liability settlement after her oven mitt exploded and severely burned her breasts.
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A woman who had lost her baby to fetal distress while in the hospital was awarded $500,000 for medical malpractice.
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An 81 year-old bedridden stroke victim recovered $390,000 after he developed what would turn out to be fatal pressure ulcers stemming from negligent nursing care.
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We obtained a settlement of $250,000 for the estate of a 21 year-old man who, after sustaining life-threatening injuries in an automobile accident, subsequently died in the hospital due to the staff's failure to insert a chest tube.
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We obtained a $150,000 settlement for a 69 year-old stroke victim who had to have an above the knee amputation due to nursing home neglect.
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A $150,000 verdict was recovered for the estate of a 79 year-old man, who suffered bed sores stemming from nursing home neglect that ultimately contributed to his death.
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