Nursing Home Lawsuits

Elderly Neglect And Abuse Lawyers

The thought of nursing home abuse can be almost incomprehensible to family members. Nursing homes assume a fiduciary relationship (special trust relationship) with residents when they accept financial compensation under a contractual agreement to provide for the care of elderly and disabled residents. Nursing homes do not take on the task of caring for our elderly and disabled loved ones simply because they are benevolent organizations: On the contrary, nursing and rehabilitation facilities are lucrative businesses that, in exchange for compensation, make a promise to provide basic care to seniors unable to provide for their own needs and to ensure a safe environment free from abuse, neglect, physical assaults, and threats.

Families looking for answers about why their loved ones fell victim to abuse or neglect struggle to understand the factors that lead nursing homes to violate this special trust relationship and disregard their responsibility to provide reasonable care and protection to residents. Whether the neglect or abuse is the result of inadvertent or intentional malfeasance, the effects are devastating all the same. While there are many factors that contribute to nursing home abuse, including a focus on profits over quality of care, challenges of caring for seniors by staff with limited training and resources, and staff members who are stressed out or exhausted, the common thread is that these factors are largely due to administrative inadequacies and shortcomings.

Get Help From National Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers Advocating For Vulnerable Seniors

Abuse and neglect of elderly and disabled adults in nursing homes is tragic, but the nursing home neglect lawyers at Parker Waichman LLP can help you to seek justice in these unfortunate situations. We’re a nationwide law firm with vast experience handling nursing home neglect cases, and we are passionately dedicated to advocating for victims and their families. When our nursing home injury lawyers investigate incidents of mistreatment in long-term care facilities, we frequently discover that nursing homes engage in systematic patterns of understaffing because they prioritize profits over quality of care. With our help, you can hold them accountable for their actions.

Along with our experience and track record of successful verdicts and settlements for injury victims, our law firm has developed a leading reputation because of our focus on communication with our clients. We recognize that lack of communication and the failure to return telephone calls constitutes the most common complaint about nursing home attorneys. We know that nursing home residents who have been the victims of abuse or chronic neglect will have fears, concerns, and anxiety about the future. Our general policy is to return client calls the same business day or the next business day. We also provide periodic updates so that you are kept informed about the status of your case.

National recognition received by our firm has included:

• Listing as one of the “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News & World Report
• Receipt of the prestigious “5 Dragons” award from Lawdragon.com
• Membership in the “Billion Dollar Trial Lawyers”
• A virtually perfect rating of 9.8 from AVVO (out of 10)
• The highest possible peer-review rating from Martindale-Hubbell, based on experience, ethics, and other factors

What Is Abuse In Nursing Homes?

Nursing home abuse can take several forms, but generally, it is the mistreatment or exploitation of vulnerable seniors by caregivers of the facility. Due to residents of nursing homes being dependent upon the staff for basic needs, these residents are particularly vulnerable to abuse from overworked and undertrained staff members. When your elderly or disabled loved ones are abused or neglected by the people you trusted to care for them and their needs, the feeling of betrayal can be overwhelming. When residents of nursing homes are mistreated, it can be particularly devastating because many of them do not possess the ability to process what is being done to them or properly report it.