What Qualifies as Nursing Home Negligence or Abuse?
Unfortunately, nursing home negligence and abuse is quite common. What qualifies as a nursing home negligence matter would be where there is a deviation from a standard of care. Unfortunately, it’s much too common when we trust our loved ones, who’ve cared for us our entire lives, to a facility that we’re paying a lot of money for, because these incidents occur more often than they should.
What Are The Common Types Of Abuse Or Neglect In These Cases?
The cases that involve serious injuries are when the rails on the bed aren’t put up, because that can cause broken hips, broken arms, and so forth. There are also issues that involve bedsores, and issues that involve respiration. Essentially, it’s a failure to supervise and monitor patients.
What Are Some Of The Serious Injuries That You See Sustained In These Cases?
Some of the more serious injuries are broken arms, broken legs, and broken hips. Patients can also develop bedsores, there are injuries involving respiration, there are brain injuries, and there can be injuries involving sexual abuse.
Who can all Potentially be Held Liable in These Nursing Home Abuse or Negligence Cases?
The administrator of the nursing home, the nursing home itself, the company that owns the nursing home, the doctors that are treating the patients, and the staff members can all potentially be held liable.
How Important are Evidence and Witnesses in These Cases?
Evidence is essential in these types of cases, and so it’s important that people contact us as soon as possible, so that we can investigate the claim as fully as it should be. That may involve interviewing witnesses, or it may involve reviewing documents that are in the possession of governmental agencies.
What Damages are Available in a Nursing Home Abuse or Negligence Claim?
Damages that are available in a nursing home negligence case would be medical expenses that are incurred and future medical expenses that are to be incurred because of the injuries, as well as loss of society, companionship, and pain and suffering.
Is There a Statute of Limitations on Nursing Home Abuse Cases?
The statute of limitation in nursing home abuse cases is 3 years from the date of the occurrence, or when one was made aware of the occurrence.
How Can Someone Help a Loved one If They Have Been Abused in a Nursing Home?
If that person can’t represent him or herself in a nursing home abuse case, one should obtain court appointment to do so.
What Steps Should Someone Take to Become Aware of Abuse in Nursing Homes?
The first step is to contact our office, and let us take things from there. When someone’s made aware of an incident where a loved one has been harmed and/or injured, that can be very upsetting. That lifts the burden off the individual. We would then begin the investigatory process of finding evidence that might relate to this matter.
How can an Experienced Attorney Help Someone in a Nursing Home Abuse Case?
One thing I want to point out is that we have an affiliate group on our team that concentrates on cases involving nursing home abuse. They have staff that has both legal and nursing backgrounds, and they have a proven track record that makes the resistance on cases involving nursing home abuse so very important.
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