Nursing Home & Hospital Infection Lawsuits

The elderly can sustain sepsis and infections, which are medical conditions that are among the most life-threatening to the well-being and lives of human beings. Seniors are not only more apt to develop sepsis and various infections, but they are not very likely to ward them off. That can certainly be fatal, and every professional in the medical field is aware of this.

At times, infection is unpreventable. However, it’s deleterious when it can be prevented. In particular, sepsis, and infections, can be excruciatingly painful, and have an adverse effect on the whole body.

The medical community has a duty to do whatever it takes to prevent infection and sepsis, since it is vastly aware of how perceptible elderly people are to the health effects.

At times, assisted living facility and nursing home employees become negligent in their duties, which can result in suffering, severe pain, or even death.

A disregard of professional responsibilities of an individual is not acceptable on that level.

If your elderly loved one is suffering from an injury, such as an infection, caused by a medical staff member, you may be able to sue for compensation. However, you’ll need access to an experienced Nashua lawyer who knows the ins and outs of nursing home and hospital infection lawsuits.

In the elderly, some typical infections are the following:

Diabetes, the use of catheters, and lack of mobility can result in urinary tract infection.

Increased community setting exposure makes this catastrophic bacterial pneumonia from more typical among elderly people.

Cellulitis, bedsores, shingles, fungal or bacterial foot infections, MRSA, drug-resistant infection, and other skin infections, are among usual causes in assisted living facilities and nursing homes.

Helicobacter pylori, and Clostridium Difficile are two typical gastrointestinal infections in elderly people because of changes in their digestive tracts.

The flu can be a highly fatal and contagious illness in the closed confinements of a nursing facility, which can result in pneumonia.

In the United States, pneumonia and flu are in the top six of leading death causes; among those deaths, elderly individuals comprise 90 percent.

A complication of an infection is referred to as sepsis.

Released chemicals into the blood to ward off the infection can result in inflammatory responses throughout the human body. 


Many organ systems can be at risk and be involved in failure.

Septic shock occurs when there’s a dramatic drop in blood pressure, which can be fatal.

For sepsis, factors of risk arise, such as: injuries or wounds; advanced age; immune system that is compromised; an advanced and/or existing illness; and using breathing tubes or intravenous catheters.

Many patients in assisted living facilities and nursing homes enter the building with at least one risk factor. A situation such as that demands enhanced vigilance.

If you or a loved one have been injured in a nursing home facility you have rights. Contact us for a free consultation or call Anzalone Law Firm PLLC, at: 603.548.3797.