Weber lived at the facility from Sept. 28, 2023, until his death on May 29, 2025. The complaint describes him as immobile and fully dependent on staff for repositioning, hygiene, nutrition and wound care. By January 2024, Avante had documented a Stage III pressure ulcer on his sacrum. By November, the suit says, the wound wasn’t healing and bone was visible.
He was sent to the hospital Dec. 11, 2024, where the wound was diagnosed as a Stage IV pressure injury with cellulitis. He underwent debridement and a diverting colostomy on Dec. 27. When he returned to Avante in January 2025, the wound measured roughly 11.5 by 9 centimeters and 2.5 centimeters deep. The lawsuit alleges that from February through May, staff failed to consistently assess, measure and document the wound, reposition him, or escalate his care to doctors. It also claims a reported delay in emergency response during his final decline contributed to or hastened his death.
The suit, brought under Florida’s nursing home residents’ rights statute, also accuses the facility of understaffing and failing to properly train and supervise employees. It seeks damages of more than $50,000 and demands a jury trial. Weber’s estate is represented by Morgan & Morgan…