Philadelphia Nursing Home Negligence Lawyers

Nursing home abuse is intentional abuse of nursing home residents by staff members or other residents. It can be physical, mental or sexual abuse.

• Physical abuse may appear as bruises, broken bones, and cuts.
• Mental abuse is just as harsh as physical abuse and occurs when there is verbal harassment, intentional neglect, or isolation from the family.)
• Staff members or other residents can force sexual abuse in nursing homes.

Nursing home neglect occurs when the staff has a lack of care and compassion for the wellbeing residents and there is a failure to provide basic necessities such as supervision, food, water and shelter. The most common causes of nursing home injuries are falls. Many falls occur because of poor supervision. Neglect can also result in serious medical disorders such as bedsores and various diseases.

Medical professionals cannot guarantee successful medical results. When an unexpected or unsuccessful result occurs it does not necessarily mean there was malpractice. A medical malpractice attorney at Galfand Berger can help you to determine if your unsuccessful medical result may have been because of medical malpractice.

The following is needed to have a claim against a nursing home:

• The existence of a duty of proper care owed to the resident or patient;
• The standard of care the nursing home should have followed;
• The actual care and treatment of the patient;
• The failure of the nursing home to follow the standard of care
• Injury or death to the patient or resident;

• The causal relationship between the nursing home’s breach of duty and the patient’s death or injury.

You may have a case if a relative has died or sustained a serious injury under questionable circumstances in a nursing home. To determine whether or not you do, please call us at 1-800-222-8792 and discuss your case with one of our Philadelphia nursing home negligence lawyers.

Because our fee is contingent upon recovery, if we do not recover money for you, you do not pay any fee for expenses or other costs.

In Pennsylvania and New Jersey a lawsuit must be filed within two (2) years of the date of injury. If you are thinking about proceeding with a lawsuit, contact us immediately. Do not wait! We must do a detailed investigation to determine if there is a basis for a lawsuit before we proceed.

Claims have been made against nursing homes in the following situations:

•  A patient fell from their wheelchair in a bathroom because of improper supervision.
• A nursing assistant sexually assaulted a semi-conscious resident.
• The nursing home was held responsible when it failed to notice a patient leaving the premise in a wheelchair. Because of this supervisory failure, the patient was subsequently struck and killed by a pick-up truck.
• The nursing home was found responsible when a patient ran away from the facility and the the establishment failed to activate the alarm system. The patient was exposed to cold temperatures because he wandered off dressed in only his pajamas; this exposure may have contributed to his heart attack and resultant death.
• The nursing home was held responsible for failure to administer proper medications to patients.
• The nursing home was held responsible for abuse when an employee physically struck a resident with Alzheimer’s disease.