Salvador Palmieri was 86 when he underwent heart surgery and then experienced complications, which necessitated prolonged hospitalization in his hospital bed. A week after surgery, a nurse noticed new bedsores on his buttocks. The hospital’s wound care nurse recommended cleaning and dressing the wound. However, a few months later, while…
M.A. was 76 years old when he was first admitted to a skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation after knee surgery. M.A. underwent physical therapy and began to recover. He later developed shortness of breath and was administered oxygen and other therapy. Over the next several days, M.A. experienced shortness of…