NCPEA. Neglect is the failure of caregivers to fulfill their responsibilities to provide needed care.
"Active" neglect refers to behavior that is willful - that is, the caregiver intentionally withholds care or necessities. The neglect may be motivated by financial gain (e.g. the caregiver stands to inherit) or reflect interpersonal conflicts "Passive" neglect refers to situations in which the caregiver is unable to fulfill his or her care giving responsibilities as a result of illness, disability, stress, ignorance, lack of maturity, or lack of resources Self neglect refers to situations in which there is no perpetrator and neglect is the result of the older person refusing care. Who are the perpetrators? S35-05%2012_I. Geriatric/Nursing home negligence - Wrongful death - - Jury Verdicts. Geriatric/Nursing home negligence - Wrongful death - Alleged failure of treating physician and nursing care facility to provide adequate care to disabled, mildly retarded nursing home resident diagnosed with cerebral palsy, seizure disorder, and diabetes.
San Diego County, California (7709) This was a wrongful death action brought against the nursing home facility and the decedent nursing home resident’s treating physician, alleging that the decedent was not properly cared for in the weeks and months prior to her death. The plaintiff alleged that the defendants’ negligence, specifically relating to the failure to timely diagnose and treat hyperglycemia, allowed the decedent’s hyperglycemia to progress untreated, ultimately causing the decedent to lapse into a diabetic coma from which she did not recover.
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