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Nursing Home Neglect

The Best Prevention

Nursing home neglect and abuse is a serious problem affecting thousands of residents who are dependent on Raleigh and Fayetteville nursing homes for care. Nursing home neglect can be difficult to recognize without proper information and is often covered-up by staff. At the law firm of Brent Adams & Associates we feel that nursing home neglect and abuse must be prevented. The best way to do that is to hold nursing homes accountable for their actions and the actions of its employees.

Experience

Brent Adams & Associates is dedicated to pursuing claims arising out of nursing home neglect and abuse. Because many residents at nursing homes have limited abilities to communicate, identifying and dealing with nursing home neglect and abuse requires knowledge of your loved ones rights and experience.

Brent Adams & Associates has some of the most experienced lawyers in the region who handle nursing home neglect and abuse cases on a regular basis. In addition, we have available to us experts in all healthcare fields including medical doctors who specialize in various fields including geriatrics, nutrition, surgery, also experts in nursing, nursing home administration and other professionals knowledgeable in nursing home matters.

Cases of Negligence

We handle nursing home cases involving malnutrition, bed sores, open wounds, dehydration, weight loss, falls, burns, infections, inadequate supervision (walk aways), over sedation and negligence in many other forms. Numerous federal and state laws were developed to provide nursing home patients protection from abuse and neglect. Additionally, patients have privacy, security and other rights.

Patients Rights

Nursing home neglect can some times be difficult to detect. Residents are protected by the Nursing Home Reform Act and Americans with Disabilities Act. Nursing home patients may find themselves subject to dozens of adverse conditions through no fault of their own - bed injuries, bed sores, falls, fractures, malnutrition and dehydration are some of the more prominent injuries. If you suspect that your loved one could be a victim of nursing home neglect or abuse, you may wish to have your case evaluated.

Free Evaluation

If you would like for us to evaluate a case involving nursing home abuse or neglect, please fill out our online form. We will have a member of our staff contact you quickly.

Care & Concern

We will handle the case of your loved one in a caring and sensitive manner. When our loved one does have to go to a nursing home, it is important that they be treated with the best medical care and with dignity and respect. Unfortunately, this does not always occur even in the best of nursing home facilities. Please give us a call. The only way to stop this from happening in the future is to hold nursing homes accountable for their actions and the actions of its employees.

Library for Nursing Home Neglect:

Nursing Home Abuse And Restraint Use In North Carolina
Description: There is a proper time and place for the use of restraints in nursing home environments - in some cases, they can help keep patients safe. However, all too often restraints are used in instances of nursing home neglect and nursing home abuse.
Nursing Home Abuse Statistics
Description: Nursing home abuse and elder abuse incidents often go unreported. However, elder abuse in adult care facilities and hospitals across the nation is rampant. Below are some shocking statistics about the rate and types of nursing home abuse in the United States and North Carolina.
Tips For Communicating With Your Aging Parents About Nursing Home Abuse
Description: This article helps caregivers to understand the best ways to talk with their senior loved ones about nursing home neglect and elder care abuse.
Spotting Nursing Home Neglect in North Carolina Assisted Living Facilities
Description: While incidents of physical and aggressive nursing home abuse can be very clear-cut and apparent, assisted living neglect can be harder to spot even though it can be just as dangerous and deplorable.
Warning Signs of Nursing Home Sexual Abuse and Elder Care Sexual Abuse
Description: Although many are familiar with cases of nursing home abuse or neglect, nursing home sexual abuse is often ignored or overlooked. However, as unthinkable as it may seem, there are hundreds of adult care sexual abuse cases a year - with a number of instances of nursing home sexual abuse reported in North Carolina annually.
North Carolina Assisted Living Neglect Attorney
Description: Residents residing in assisted living facilities are living independently, they still often require the care or assistance of the facility staff. If this care is not provided when it is needed, this can often times result in serious harm or injury to the individual in need. Unfortunately, assisted living neglect and abuse is on the rise in North Carolina and all across the United States. If your loved one has been injured by the hands of a negligent assisted living facility, you have legal options that you need to know about!
Warning Signs of Financial Elder Abuse, Nursing Home Scams, and Fraud
Description: Although physical nursing home abuse and neglect is often apparent and leaves visual signs of harm, other types of elder abuse in assisted living facilities is much harder to spot. Specifically, financial elder abuse is widespread, extremely damaging, and is often invisible to loved ones until it is too late.
Recognizing Signs of Physical Nursing Home Abuse And Elder Care Abuse In North Carolina
Description: Physical nursing home or adult care abuse is much more prevalent than you may think - with 30 percent of North Carolina elder care facilities tallying an infraction. If you have a loved one in a nursing home, know the common signs of elder abuse so that you may continue to keep them safe and healthy.
Groups contend Tennessee legislation bolsters nursing home profits while ignoring patient rights
An employee of an Illinois nursing home was fired and arrested for aggravated battery.