Stage 3 and Stage 4 bedsores affect millions and kill thousands of patients every year. In fact, six patients will develop bedsores every hour of every day and thousands of bed sore lawsuits will be filed this year as victims and families try to enact change and get justice for their suffering. Stages of Bedsores Medical professionals stage bedsores, also called … [Read more...]
What Bedsores Are and How They Start
At the center of the more than 17,000 bed sore lawsuits that are filed every year is heartbreak and pain. Even though late-stage bedsores are completely preventable in a healthcare setting, more than 2.5 million people will be diagnosed with them this year, and sadly, more than 60 thousand of these victims will die. Your best defense is understanding what bedsores are and how … [Read more...]
Diagnosing and Treating Bedsores
Millions of people will develop bedsores this year and tens of thousands of them will die from these painful and debilitating, potentially fatal wounds. Tens of thousands of bedsore victims and the families of those who died from bedsores file bed sore lawsuits every year seeking justice for negligence and neglect. Bedsore Diagnosis Patients who are forced to lay or sit … [Read more...]
How Bedsores Develop
Millions of people develop bedsores every year, and tens of thousands of these patients die from complications of these pressure ulcers. But fatal late stage bedsores are never supposed to happen in the healthcare setting. This is why more than 17,000 bed sore lawsuits are filed each year. Causes of Bedsores Bedsores, also called pressure ulcers, occur when the blood … [Read more...]
Family Files $1 Million Lawsuit Over Bedsores
The family of a woman who died from complications of bedsores has filed a million-dollar bed sores lawsuit against Bishop’s Care Home. According to reports, the victim Marie Giordano died while a resident at the senior care residential care home. She was 77 years old. Operator Charged with Abuse Jovita Bishop, the former operator of the home, was charged with elder … [Read more...]