At LMD Injury Lawyers, we stand up for the rights of nursing home residents to have a safe and healthy environment and treatment. When a facility engages in harmful abuse or neglect, our Tampa Bay nursing home injury lawyers are ready to fight for full accountability and compensation. Reach out today to discuss your situation and concerns.
In the United States today, over thirty-six million people are over 65, and almost 21 percent of Florida residents are older than 65. Tampa Bay has many options for nursing homes when it comes time for a loved one to receive full-time care. Unfortunately, between one and two million Americans ages 65 or older suffer abuse in some way or another each year, and many cases happen in nursing homes.
Some facilities include:
The average cost of a nursing home in Tampa is $9,946 per month, which is higher than the national and Florida state averages. If your loved one is paying for proper care, they should not suffer preventable injuries or medical conditions due to neglect or abuse.
Our Tampa Bay nursing home abuse lawyer is not hesitant to stand up to nursing homes in the area and fight for compensation. Reach out to our personal injury attorneys today for more information.
As our loved ones enter the later stages of their lives, we often have the responsibility to provide them with the best care we can find. At LMD Injury Lawyers, we understand that despite the most thorough research and most careful planning, your loved ones can still find themselves victims of nursing home abuse. Nursing home abuse can occur at even the most highly rated care homes.
The families of loved ones in nursing homes or other long-term care facilities do everything they can to ensure the best treatment of their elders, but sometimes the abuse is carefully concealed and can even go unnoticed for months.
If your loved one has been a victim of nursing home abuse, The LMD Injury Lawyers can help your loved one receive the compensation they deserve.
Nursing home abuse is often difficult to uncover. Due to the nature of the abuse, the behavior can often go unnoticed for significant periods. Residents of nursing homes are at a much higher risk of sustaining life-threatening injuries from abuse. The more time that passes between the start of abusive behavior and its discovery, the more likely a victim is to sustain injuries that are impossible to recover from.
Nursing home abuse can take many forms. The Tampa Bay nursing home abuse lawyers at the LMD Injury Lawyers think it’s vitally important for families to be aware of these types of abuse and the signs associated with them.
Neglect happens when staff members fail to provide the necessary care for a resident’s physical and mental well-being.
This negligence can involve:
Staff members, other residents, or visitors to the nursing home can abuse you or your loved one. This can involve sexual assault, exposing a resident’s genitals, showing them graphic sexual images, unwanted touching, and more. Sexual abuse can result in genital injuries, sexually transmitted diseases, emotional trauma, and other injuries.
If your loved one has injuries in various stages of healing, or the nursing home does not provide a proper explanation for physical injuries, your loved one might be the victim of abuse.
Physical abuse is one of the easiest to uncover. The resident often sustains visible wounds or external appearances that their family members notice.
Harm resulting from physical abuse can include:
If your loved one has injuries in various stages of healing, or the nursing home does not provide a proper explanation for physical injuries, your loved one might be the victim of abuse.
Even if there are no visible injuries, emotional abuse of nursing home residents can cause serious problems. Staff might humiliate, ridicule, insult, threaten, or otherwise emotionally traumatize residents. Emotional abuse can often cause mental regression or deterioration, social withdrawal, fearfulness, and other harmful mental conditions in residents.
While our legal team can never guarantee the outcome of a lawsuit, we can assure you that our team of aggressive personal injury attorneys will work tirelessly on your nursing home abuse claim. As our client, we will provide you with advice and assist you in any decision-making you face. Further, we provide updates throughout every phase of your case.
Though we cannot accept every case, we never charge for consultations regarding your claim. In all the cases we accept, the LMD Injury Lawyers will always provide you with the skilled advocates you need and top-notch representation.
You and your family can focus on your recovery as we work tirelessly to recover what you rightfully deserve for your injuries. Our skilled team of Tampa Bay nursing home abuse attorneys will fight for your rights and compensation.
If you or someone you love is experiencing nursing home abuse and neglect, please contact us to meet with a Tampa Bay nursing home abuse lawyer.
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Nursing home patients are protected by both federal and state law. These rights ensure each resident has safe, adequate, and appropriate care. Florida law provides for redress for violations of residents’ rights.
Some of these rights include the right to:
If you suspect your loved one is a victim of nursing home abuse, contact LMD Injury Lawyers, Accident Injury Attorneys. We understand that you, as your elder’s caretaker, are in a difficult situation when you believe that the nursing facility you entrusted to care for your loved one has failed you. We are here to advocate for you and your loved one personally and to obtain just compensation if nursing home abuse has occurred.
Once you suspect that your loved one is being abused, begin to compile and record any photographs, suspicious medical records, injuries, or observations you learn about. When you come to see us about your potential nursing home abuse case, it is important to bring any and all documentation you have that abuse has occurred.
Nursing home residents might not report abuse for various reasons, including cognitive deficiencies or fear of retaliation by staff members.
As a loved one of a nursing home resident, watch for signs of neglect or abuse, including:
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You can trust our team of injury specialists to protect you and your loved ones.
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