Nursing Home Injury Attorneys in New Jersey Protecting Residents' Rights
At Dansky | Katz | Ringold | York, our practice of nursing home abuse claims goes beyond the individual client. We want to ensure that no other vulnerable resident is victimized.
Since the mid-nineties, the South Jersey medical neglect injury trial lawyers at Dansky | Katz | Ringold | York have protected the rights of nursing home, rehabilitation center or skilled nursing facility residents who have fallen victim to the following:
- Injuries of unknown origin — Discovering a loved one with unexplained injuries shatters the trust you placed in a nursing home facility.
- Physical and chemical restraints — While some nursing home residents require some form of restraint, a neglectful staff member may go to extreme and sometimes deadly measures.
- Bedsores and ulcers — Bedsores are not a minor problem. When procedures are ignored, a minor sore can become a potentially fatal ulcer.
- Falls and fractures — With nearly 2,000 nursing home residents dying in falls each year, you must take fast action if your loved one has been injured.
- Sepsis — An undetected, aggressive infection can take the form of blood poisoning. Failure to diagnose the illness can lead to a resident's death.
- Wandering and elopement — Neglectful nursing home employees can lose track of your loved ones, causing them to wander away and become seriously injured.
- Medical neglect — Sadly, in many nursing homes, medication errors and a failure to contact a physician is the rule, not the exception.
- Malnutrition and dehydration — When nursing homes reduce staffing, residents go unattended, resulting in potentially fatal malnourishment or dehydration.
- Medication errors — Not following a doctor's direction in dispensing medication is a deadly form of negligence.
- Physical abuse — Instances of physical abuse must be dealt with not only criminally, but civilly in holding the negligent parties accountable.
- Sexual abuse — A nursing home resident suffering from Alzheimer's or confined to bed can become a victim of sexual abuse.
- Wrongful death — Following the death of your family member, you need to take steps to protect his or her rights and ensure that other residents do not suffer the same fate.
- Emotional and mental abuse — Being subject to verbal attacks must be dealt with swiftly and effectively.
- Employee neglect — Neglect in a nursing home can lead to serious injuries and death. Our job is to stand up for the rights of residents.
- Hazardous and unsanitary conditions — When a nursing home fails to meet basic cleanliness standards, conditions become hazardous.
- Abuse of Alzheimer's patients — Nursing home and assisted living facility residents suffering from Alzheimer's are extremely vulnerable to abuse and neglect.
- Understaffing/failure to monitor — A lack of staff, while saving money, can have devastating consequences for your family.
Dansky | Katz | Ringold | York: Compassionate With Clients, Aggressive With the Opposition and Relentless in the Pursuit of Justice. Contact Our South Jersey Medical Neglect Injury Attorneys at 800-609-7577
Please contact the New Jersey nursing home injury attorneys at our law firm today. Our attorneys represent clients throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including the South Jersey and Philadelphia areas.
