Hiring a Lawyer for Nursing Home Abuse: 3 Facts

Hiring a lawyer for nursing home abuse claims may not be as difficult as you think. In fact, there are some things you should keep in mind about these situations that may persuade you one way or the other, but that you should most definitely be aware of, at any rate.

 

 

If you had a loved one that you believe was a victim of nursing home abuse and/or neglect and have removed them from the situation—which you should do as soon as possible—you can still file a lawsuit against that nursing home. Even if you’ve transferred them to your own home for care, you can still pursue a case against the nursing home. There’s no requirement that the person has to be in the nursing home at the time you file the lawsuit and, in fact, keeping them there may subject them to even more abuse.

 

 

Incompetence is sometimes how nursing home abuse cases come about, but not always. What most of them are alleging is negligence of one sort or another. The best nursing home in the world could be negligent in one particular case, so don’t be persuaded that you don’t have a claim if you can’t see how anyone was incompetent. Incompetence, it so happens, is not actually the issue.

 

 

Even if the nursing home found out what was going on and fired the employee that was responsible for abusing your family member, you still have a right to see whether or not you can sue them. Only a lawyer will be able to let you know if this is the case and you should check with them before you jump to any conclusions. Remember that abusive employees sometimes move from facility to facility, going after the nursing home may do future victims some good, as well.

 

A good nursing home abuse lawyer can help families to recover financially from the burdens placed upon them by abusive facilities. These sometimes include significant medical expenses, the cost of transferring the victim to a new facility and, unfortunately, they also sometimes include the death of the family member as a result of the abuse.

 

Contact a lawyer to see how you can move forward in these cases. You may well have more options that you think to seek compensation.