The family of a deceased resident has filed a lawsuit against an assisted living facility and its management company, alleging severe negligence that led to the wrongful death of their loved one. The complaint was filed by Amy Dickens, representing the Estate of Earl Dickens, in the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Pinellas County, Florida on September 16, 2024, against Palm Lake Village Housing Corporation and Angels Care Health Systems, Inc.

According to the complaint, Earl Dickens was admitted to Magnolia Gardens Assisted Living Facility for care and supervision due to ongoing medical conditions and cognitive changes. The plaintiff alleges that both Palm Lake Village Housing Corporation (the licensee) and Angels Care Health Systems (the management company) failed to provide adequate care and supervision, leading to multiple preventable injuries including skin breakdowns, falls, malnutrition, dehydration, and ultimately blunt head trauma from a fall. These injuries allegedly contributed directly to Earl Dickens’ death on January 5, 2024.

Amy Dickens claims that her father was highly vulnerable and dependent on the facility’s staff for daily activities and safety. Despite this dependency, she asserts that the defendants neglected their duty of care through various failures such as improper assessment of risks like falls and infections, inadequate preventive measures for skin breakdowns and pressure ulcers, insufficient nutrition and hydration provision, lack of proper documentation of injuries, failure to inform family members about serious changes in condition, among other lapses.

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