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Even if it is the right decision for them, you, and everyone in your family, placing an elderly loved one in the care of a nursing home or assisted living facility can be heartbreaking. Learning that the people you trusted to provide your family member with around-the-clock compassionate care instead allowed for them to be neglected or even intentionally abused is devastating.
Unfortunately, far too many families go through this experience. If your family experienced this harm, you have help available from dedicated personal injury attorneys. A Nassau County nursing home abuse lawyer from our team can help you understand all the options available to you, ensure your family is safe from any further harm, and demand compensation on your behalf for all the harm you have already unjustly sustained.
While no form of neglect or abuse in a nursing home should be tolerated, not every instance of mistreatment requires a civil lawsuit to address it. In some situations, a family can resolve minor problems that have not yet resulted in serious physical harm by speaking directly with facility staff members about the issue or moving that family member to a different facility.
In other situations, it may be appropriate to enlist the help of the New York Department of Health by submitting a complaint to their Division of Nursing Home and ICF/IID Surveillance. The state’s Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program may also be able to provide assistance, as a Nassau County nursing home abuse attorney can explain in more detail.
If a loved one has sustained any physical harm requiring professional medical care due to neglect or abuse in a nursing home, the first priority should be removing them from that dangerous environment as quickly as possible. Once they are safe, a nursing home mistreatment lawyer in Nassau County can help a family demand civil compensation on that loved one’s behalf—or help them file suit themselves, if they are cognitively able to do so.
Recoverable damages in this sort of claim can include economic forms of harm with objective financial values and non-economic forms of harm, which must be valued subjectively based on a victim’s unique experiences. Specific losses that often play a role in nursing home abuse litigation include:
If nursing home abuse or neglect has caused the premature death of a family member, we could help pursue compensation through a wrongful death claim.
Money cannot erase the pain and trauma that abuse and neglect in a nursing home can cause, but it can minimize the negative effects this mistreatment has on the impacted resident and your family as a whole.
If you would like to explore your options for seeking civil recovery for your mistreated family member, a Nassau County nursing home abuse lawyer could answer questions and offer preliminary advice about the next steps during a confidential consultation. Call today to schedule yours.
After years of serving New York–including the Bronx, Queens and Nassau, Suffolk and Kings Counties–, we are confident our injury lawyers can assist you with your claim. We are well respected by our clients, who appreciate not only the outcomes we’ve provided but also the care in which we resolved their cases. As you can see from our successful settlements, we offer excellent results, though the outcome varies depending on the case. Regardless of your case details, you can rest assured our Long Island car accident attorneys will always fight for you as you seek compensation to pay for medical bills, vehicle repairs and more. You deserve to be made whole again after your accident, and Duffy & Duffy is here to help.
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