A family has sued an Ocala nursing home where their late mother was residing before her death in April, alleging staff failed to develop an “adequate care plan” and monitor their mother enough to prevent her from suffering from “the development and deterioration of dehydration.”
Victoria Pearson, as the personal representative of the estate of her mother, Anne Richards, filed the lawsuit against Bridgewater Park, LLC, in the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County on August 22. The company does business as Bridgewater Park Health & Rehabilitation Center and operates a location, along with an assisted living facility, on SW 81st Court in Ocala.
According to the complaint, Richards was suffering from infirmities to the extent that she was “impaired in her ability to adequately provide for her own care and protection.” As a result, she took residency at the facility, although the complaint does not specify when that period began…