Long Term Care Home Negligence
Nursing home negligence and abuse cases are all too common in Ontario. Let us advocate on behalf of you and loved ones to hold wrongdoers accountable and obtain just compensation.
Nursing Home Negligence Injury Lawyer
Unfortunately, nursing home negligence has become a large area of practice for personal injury lawyers in recent years. Elderly individuals near the end of their life are often very vulnerable and completely dependent upon care providers. Families place their trust in nursing homes to handle their loved ones’ nutrition, hygiene, medical health, and more. When that trust is broken, the results can be devastating for the victim and psychological scarring for the family.
Broadly speaking, there are two types of common claims against nursing homes: abuse and neglect. Nursing home abuse can take many forms, such as: physical assault, sexual abuse, financial abuse, emotional abuse, improper use of restrains, improper use of medications, and more. Sadly, many patients in these situations are unable to communicate, which is precisely why they become a target for abuse.
Nursing home neglect or negligence occurs when the standards of care for nursing homes and their employees are not met and result in harm to residents. Acts of nursing home negligence include to prevent bed sores and pressure ulcers, allowing repeated falls, poor supervision, contributing to malnutrition or dehydration, a lack of treatment of medical conditions, medication errors, poor planning, poor security, and more.
When a loved one in a home cannot communicate, it is important to be mindful of signs of neglect and abuse while visiting loved ones. Such signs include unexplained bruising or cuts, sexually transmitted infections, dirty conditions within the home, bedsores, dehydration, malnutrition, poor hygiene of resident, being fearful of care providers or other residents, luxurious gifts for home staff.
The legal professionals at Foster Injury Law have handled nursing home negligence and abuse claims arising from a range of circumstances. While these are some of the saddest cases that we have, we relish the opportunity to hold homes and their staff to account for the damage inflicted on victims and their families. Please contact us for a free, no obligation consultation if you believe a loved one may be a victim of nursing home abuse or neglect.
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