Injury Lawyers Fight for Nursing Home Neglect Victims Across the Five Boroughs and Long Island

Skilled New York City attorneys pursue justice for patients injured at care facilities

Patients in nursing home facilities are entitled to receive professional service and compassionate care. If your loved one suffered physical injuries in a nursing home, our legal team at Rich & Rich, P.C. is ready to help. With offices in Manhattan and Nassau County, we litigate against nursing homes and assisted living facilities in the five boroughs, Long Island and the surrounding areas. When patients are mistreated in a nursing facility, we vigorously seek compensation for injuries or deaths that may result.

Understanding nursing home abuse

Nursing homes are negligent when their management and/or staff fail to perform their duties with reasonable care and thereby injure a patient. They commit abuse when they physically, psychologically, sexually or financially mistreat their patients. If you believe a loved one is a victim of nursing home negligence or abuse, you can trust us to fight to obtain damages for the injuries suffered.

Recognizing the signs of nursing home negligence and abuse

Nursing homes and assisted living facilities owe a duty of care to their patients. When this duty is violated, patients may suffer serious injuries, such as broken bones, bedsores and even death.

Possible warning signs of nursing home negligence include but are not limited to the following:

• Bed sores, also known as pressure ulcers or decubitus ulcers, are injuries to the skin and the tissue below the skin that often occur to neglected bedridden patients due to pressure on the skin for a long time.
• Fractures and broken bones can be signs of either abuse or avoidable falls.
• Head injuries, such as subdural hematomas and concussions, may be the result of serious falls or abuse.
• Sepsis infections are serious systemic infections which can cause organ and tissue damage if left untreated due to nursing home staff neglect.
• Unexplained bruises or injuries are often tell-tale signs of abuse or neglect.
• Malnutrition and dehydration may be the result of failure to provide the patient with adequate food and fluids to meet their daily needs.
• Medication errors, such as improperly prescribed or administered drugs or missed doses, can be the result of staff negligence.
• Unsupervised wandering inside the facility or elopement outside may be due to failure to supervise patients properly.
• Untimely death without a detectable cause may be the result of a failure to identify and address negligence or abuse.
• Physical abuse may not show outward signs, but a patient’s reports need to be taken seriously and addressed.

Nursing home neglect often is suffered by elderly individuals who may be too physically weak or mentally compromised to speak up for themselves. These patients are most in need of strong advocacy.

Determining liability

Nursing homes are required by law to provide their patients with quality of care, as well as to allow them to complain of problems without fear of reprisal. If you spot any of the warning signs of negligence or abuse at a nursing home, you should contact the management promptly and consider contacting a nursing home negligence attorney. At our firm, we perform an in-depth investigation into the circumstances, research other complaints against the defendants and consult with experts who can analyze the causes of the patient’s injuries. Once we file suit against the culpable parties, we make use of the discovery process to demand disclosure of all relevant information.

Pursuing damages

If the nursing home and its staff have failed to adhere to its duty of care, the affected patient can obtain monetary compensation for the harm suffered. Damages in a personal injury lawsuit can include reimbursement for medical care and compensation for physical pain and mental suffering. Our legal team fights to compel negligent nursing homes and their healthcare providers to pay compensation for the injuries they cause. Based on our extensive experience handling cases of nursing home neglect and abuse in Manhattan and throughout NYC and Long Island, our attorneys make well-founded settlement demands and are ready to take the case to court if an appropriate settlement offer is not forthcoming.

Contact a respected New York nursing home negligence attorney

The attorneys of Rich & Rich, P.C. fight tirelessly on behalf of New York metropolitan area nursing home patients victimized by abuse and neglect. We have offices in Manhattan and Nassau County. To schedule a free consultation with one of our attorneys, call 917-746-3358 or contact us online.