At Schneider Hammers, our practice is focused exclusively on helping injured victims seek maximum compensation.
We want the best for our loved ones. When we can no longer provide the care they need, we often have to turn to skilled nursing facilities. It is a difficult and emotional decision. We take heart in knowing that the nursing home we choose will be kind, caring, and competent, but what if it does not turn out that way? Your loved ones may be neglected and injured, and you may be distraught.
A Roswell nursing home abuse lawyer can help you investigate any suspected wrongdoing and secure a financial recovery to address any harm. For help with this type of case, be sure to get in touch with a dedicated injury attorney today.
When your family entrusted your loved one – father, mother, sibling, child, whomever – to the care of a third party, you expected a certain level of care. After all, that is what the establishment specializes in and for what your family paid for. Unfortunately, not all nursing homes live up to these expectations, and when they fall short, their residents suffer.
Nursing facilities are businesses. As with any business, they aim to make a profit, and some institutions will cut corners to realize those gains. Other homes are just not well run and suffer from mismanagement. Either way, understaffing, insufficient training, and inexperienced employees can put those in their care at risk for:
Nursing home residents are often ill, frail, and cannot speak up or defend themselves. Their predicament leaves them susceptible to abuse and neglect without any recourse. Family members should visit frequently, check-in with staff, and look for signs of concern:
Addressing nursing home abuse is a delicate situation. Understandably, your family wants the abusive behavior to cease immediately, but you must handle the matter in a way that avoids additional harm. Lawyers who regularly handle such abuse cases have the training to help families confirm suspicions, address the situation with the current location and seek financial restitution for the harm inflicted.
While money will not rewrite history and negate the pain, financial remedies will replace any out of pocket expenses and address intangible harm attributed to a loved one’s ill-treatment. Compensation is available in terms of economic and general noneconomic damages.
Where the nursing facility and staff’s conduct deserves punishment, the law makes punitive damages available for particularly heinous behavior. If tragedy strikes and the home actions result in someone’s death, family members may seek additional damages by filing a suit for wrongful death.
Georgia law further protects its vulnerable population by defining the various forms of maltreatment and criminalizing skilled nursing facility resident’s abuse. Under Georgia Code § 16-5-101(d), those convicted of such activities may serve up to 20 years in prison and pay up to a $50,000 fine.
The thought of someone mistreating your loved one is heartbreaking, particularly when you trust them to provide the care and supportive environment you could not. As distressing as the situation may seem, you have options. Please call one of our Roswell nursing home abuse lawyers to review your concerns and devise a plan of action to protect your family member and recover the appropriate compensation for the harm perpetrated.
At Schneider Hammers, our practice is focused exclusively on helping injured victims seek maximum compensation.
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