Sepsis, pneumonia and untreated urinary and wound infections do not appear overnight. If your parent or loved one (65 and older) developed a serious infection in a California nursing home or care facility, we will find out what was missed, and hold the facility accountable.
Your loved one deserved a nurse who noticed the fever, the confusion, the wound that was not healing. Not a transfer to the ICU.
Facilities are required to monitor residents for the early signs of infection: fever, confusion, a wound that is not healing, pain when urinating, a cough that does not clear. Care plans set how often those checks happen and when a physician must be called. When an infection reaches the blood, the question is rarely whether something went wrong. It is when the signs were first there.
New confusion, a fever, refusing food. Reversible if acted on.
Urinary, wound or chest infection without a physician call.
The infection reaches the blood. A hospital transfer, often days late.
Organ failure. Many of these cases come to us after a death.
The admission notes usually say how far along the infection was on arrival.
Care plan, vitals log, physician notification log, in writing.
When you last saw your parent well, what you were told, and when.
A free, confidential review within 24 hours. No fee unless we win.
Families rarely learn in the hospital how long an infection was building. The records usually tell the story. Our job is to get them, find out when the facility knew, and make sure the people responsible answer for it.
That's the work. That's Justice For Elders.
Why families call Justice 4 Elders1:52
Every step. Every hour. Every step of the way. When you need us, we're here.
Justice For Elders was built on a single, uncompromising belief:
That the people who spent their lives taking care of us deserve to be taken care of in return — and when they aren't, someone has to answer for it.
Not always, but sepsis that develops in a facility usually has days of missed signs behind it. We get the records and find out.
Yes. Many of our infection cases are brought by the family after a death. Deadlines apply, so call soon.
California's elder abuse law protects residents 65 and older, and dependent adults in care. If you are unsure, ask us.
Nothing up front. We are paid only if we recover for your family.
Deadlines in California can be as short as one year in some situations. The safest step is to talk with us now, even if you are not sure you have a case.
Most cases resolve without trial. We prepare every case as if it will go to trial, which is why they resolve.
