Nursing Home Neglect & Abuse Attorney FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
Pursue justice alongside this Fort Lauderdale, Florida Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Lawyer. Unfortunately, abuse and neglect are rampant in Florida’s nursing homes. Such abuse and neglect can lead to various injuries – amongst them lacerations, bruising and hematomas, bleeding, hair loss, infection, decubitus ulcers or bedsores, IV infiltration which can cause infection or amputation, fractures, lacerations, heart attacks, strokes, pulmonary embolism or septic shock.
Occasionally, nursing home abuse or neglect will even lead to death. If this has happened to your loved one, then you may be able to pursue a wrongful death case on your loved one’s behalf.
Nursing home abuse can come in many forms. These include restraining patients. Such restraints may come in the form of physical restraints or chemical restraints (such as the use of drugs). Unfortunately, such restrains can lead to bedsores (discussed below) and other injuries.
Nursing home abuse also comes in the form of physical abuse (in the form of assault and battery) and emotional abuse. Patients are frequently taken advantage of financially as well, and nursing home staff members have been known to steal from patients.
Nursing home patients can also be sexually abused, and such abuse can have both physical and emotional/psychological manifestations.
If you or a loved one are the victim of nursing home abuse or neglect, contact this Fort Lauderdale, Florida Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law Firm for a free, no obligation consultation. Stephen Morse can be reached at 954-560-3063, and he will gladly talk to you about your case for free. Should Stephen Morse become your attorney, he will work on contingency – which means that there is no risk to you since Mr. Morse won’t get paid until you’ve made a recovery in your case.
Advice from our Nursing Home Neglect & Abuse Lawyer Broward County, FL
Nursing homes are supposed to be properly staffed. If the nurse/nursing assistant-to-patient ratio is too low (there aren’t enough nurses/nurses assistants to take care of the patients in the nursing home), disastrous consequences can result.
Most of the care in nursing homes comes from nurses or nursing assistants. Nurses or nursing assistants are held to the standard of care of a reasonable nurse or nursing assistant. That is, nurses or nurses assistants are expected to provide care that matches or exceeds the care provided by a reasonable nurse or nursing assistant. If this care isn’t provided, then the nurse or nursing assistant who provided the subpar care can be held accountable.
Much nursing home abuse goes unreported. As such, if you suspect that your loved one is being abused or neglected, it is important that you report it to the police. You should also report the issue to the Florida Department of Elder Affairs: http://elderaffairs.state.fl.us/index.php. This Broward County Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Lawyer can help you with this process.
If you or a loved one is the victim of nursing home abuse or neglect, you should also take pictures of any physical injuries. Such photographs can serve as valuable evidence in a later case.
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To obtain a free, no obligation consultation, contact Stephen Morse at 954-560-3063. Mr. Morse will gladly talk to you about your case for free.
Mr. Morse will work on contingency should he wind up as your attorney. This means that there is no risk to you as this Broward County Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Attorney will not get paid until you’ve made a recovery in your case.
