When vulnerable nursing home patients are abused or neglected, our personal injury attorneys want to hear about it. Every life has value and every person deserves to be treated with dignity. When a nursing home fails to provide appropriate care, they need to be held accountable.
At our law firm, our nursing home negligence attorneys have heard many stories about neglect and abuse in nursing homes. We are privileged to have the resources it takes to hold nursing homes responsible for abuse and neglect.
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Government agencies such as the Department of Health Services have established uniform standards for nursing homes . The standards are in place, but enforcement often depends on families and friends of the residents. When you suspect abuse or neglect, talk to our attorneys.
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Even with standards in place, more than a million nursing home residents are abused or neglected each year. Whether there is a single instance of abuse that causes injury or a pattern of negligence, the victim has a right to damages.
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Nursing home negligence can cause many preventable problems including bed sores, malnutrition, dehydration, gangrene, over-sedation, medication errors, and poor medical care.
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Lack of proper staff or resident supervision can lead to abandonment, elopement (wandering away), theft of property, sexual assault, mental abuse, or physical abuse. In many cases, residents are afraid to report elder abuse out of fear of retaliation.
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When a nursing home resident suffers pain, injury, and/or death because of abuse or neglect, the victim and the family have a right to demand damages.
Our personal injury law firm works for justice. Serious injuries, catastrophic injuries, and wrongful death have high costs for the victims and their families. Our nursing home neglect attorneys put our knowledge, resources, and capabilities to work every day to recover those costs as much as possible for our clients.
