The Types of Nursing Home Abuse Cases We Handle
Nursing home residents deserve to live in an environment where they’re treated with respect, dignity, and compassion. Sadly, some facilities just don’t meet those basic standards, resulting in abuse, neglect, and preventable injuries.
Our Practice Areas: Holding Facilities Accountable
Our Chicago nursing home abuse attorneys are familiar with all sorts of cases where caregivers, staff, administrators, and nursing home operators have let people down.
Physical Abuse
This is when a resident gets hurt physically as a result of some form of intentional force or violence, leading to serious injuries like bruises or broken bones.
Emotional & Psychological
erbal abuse, ridicule, threats, and degrading treatment can strip residents of their dignity and cause long-term mental and emotional suffering.
Financial Exploitation
When someone in a position of power takes a resident's cash, jewelry, or uses their financial info for their own personal gain.
Neglect & Poor Hygiene
When caregivers fail to provide the care needed to stay safe and healthy, including proper nutrition, hydration, and personal hygiene assistance.
Bedsores
When residents are left sitting in one spot for too long without being moved, it can cause severe pressure ulcers that may become infected.
Medical Negligence
Making mistakes with medication, ignoring symptoms, failing to provide ordered treatments, or delaying care during medical emergencies.
Understanding Abuse vs. Neglect
Abuse is when someone does something deliberately that causes harm to a nursing home resident. Neglect happens when a facility or caregiver simply doesn’t provide the level of care a resident needs to stay safe and healthy. Both have serious consequences.
How Our Attorneys Can Help
We work to get to the bottom of things, hold anyone who was negligent accountable, and help families seek justice from the initial investigation through to trial.
Investigate the Facility
We investigate nursing homes to look for any evidence of misconduct, negligence, understaffing, or policy violations that contributed to the harm.
Gather Key Evidence
Our legal team works to get and analyze relevant medical documentation, interview witnesses, and consult with top-notch healthcare experts.
Negotiate or Litigate
We are built for battle when negotiating settlements, and if the nursing home refuses to offer a fair outcome, we are fully prepared to represent you in court.
FAQs
The statute of limitations in Illinois determines how long you have to file. Because waiting too long can bar your ability to recover compensation, it’s crucial to talk to an experienced lawyer as soon as possible.
Absolutely. Neglect is just as bad as intentional abuse. If a care facility fails to provide adequate care, resulting in injury or harm to your loved one, you may have grounds to pursue a lawsuit.
Our firm offers free consultations and works on a contingency fee basis. This means you pay nothing upfront and we only get paid if we recover compensation on your behalf.
The amount of compensation depends on factors such as the severity of injuries, medical expenses, emotional suffering, and long-term effects. We’ll assess the specific facts of your case to give you a more accurate idea.