A nursing home abuse lawyer in San Diego can help you get justice in the wake of a loved one’s mistreatment. If you suspect that someone you love may be suffering abuse at the hands of a nursing home’s staff, get in touch with our team and let us investigate the situation. We can help you determine what your next best steps might look like.
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Common Types of Nursing Home Abuse
There’s no single type of abuse that elderly nursing home residents can suffer from. Some of the most common include:
- Financial abuse: Nursing homes may start to siphon money away from your loved one and other residents under the guise of scheduling unnecessary doctors’ appointments, increasing residential payments, or paying for unneeded prescriptions. We encourage you to keep a close eye on your loved one’s bank accounts if you want to track their spending and prevent the misuse of their finances.
- Neglect: Neglect is a devastating form of abuse, as it requires nursing home staff to do little. Refusals to help your loved one wash, attend meals, go to doctors’ appointments, or engage with other people in a nursing home can all constitute abuse. This treatment can leave your loved one with bedsores and other serious injuries on top of worsening nutrition and a stark mental decline.
- Emotional abuse: Emotional abuse doesn’t leave many physical signs behind, but it can drastically impact a nursing home resident’s feelings of self-worth and willingness to connect with their loved ones. If you notice your loved one withdrawing, refusing to engage with people in their home, or undergoing a stark and unpredictable change in personality, you may want to open an investigation into their emotional care.
- Physical abuse: Physical abuse may include the act of hitting or tripping an elderly resident, but it may also include refusals to provide elderly residents with essential medication or exercise. Bruises, broken bones, and malnutrition may all be signs that it’s time to investigate your loved one’s physical care.
- Sexual abuse: Non-consensual sexual acts, including but not limited to intercourse and inappropriate genital contact, constitute sexual abuse in the eyes of California lawmakers.
If you suspect that a loved one may be the victim of abuse while in the care of a nursing home, get in touch with an experienced San Diego, CA, nursing home abuse lawyer as soon as possible. A thorough investigation can reveal a home’s abusive tactics and protect your loved one and other residents from continuing harm.
How to Financially Recover From Nursing Home Abuse
If you want to hold a nursing home accountable for the abuse that a loved one has suffered, you have a few options available to you. You can connect with our legal team and file an insurance claim with an applicable provider and demand financial compensation for the losses that your loved one sustained.
You can alternatively work with our legal team to pursue a personal injury lawsuit against a negligent institution. Notably, civil claims are not the same as criminal claims. Your lawsuit will not allow you to hold nursing homes or their staff criminally accountable for your loved one’s mistreatment.
Instead, personal injury lawsuits allow you to demand compensation based on the wrongful suffering that your loved one underwent while in their care. You can choose to litigate your case, or you can negotiate with a liable party’s representatives to move your fight for compensation forward.
(310) 526-8383What to Expect From a San Diego Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer
Our legal team is proud to help you and your family:
- Investigate the specific instances of negligence that led to your loved one’s abuse.
- Collect evidence indicating that parties who owed your loved one a duty of care violated that duty and injured your loved one physically, financially, or emotionally.
- Compile those findings into a concrete claim to file with insurance companies and/or California’s civil courts.
- File your claim before California’s personal injury statute of limitations, Cal. Civ. Code § 335.1, expires.
- Represent you and your loved one in conversations with liable parties.
- Advocate for your and your loved ones’ rights to comprehensive abuse settlements.
You can also work with our staff to determine whether or not you have the right to move forward with a civil claim on behalf of an abused loved one. California will typically allow a nursing home resident’s spouse, children, parents, or personal executor to take legal action in their name.
Our San Diego Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers Work on Contingency
It doesn’t cost you anything up front to start working with Omega Law Group. We take pride in representing families and victims of nursing home abuse without putting any financial barriers between our advice and their recovery. Instead, our San Diego, CA, nursing home abuse attorneys work on a contingency fee basis.
You can book a free nursing home abuse case consultation with our team free of charge and take your time to decide how you want to approach an abuse case. If you decide to move forward with our team, you can begin benefiting from our representation without paying a retainer or putting down a deposit.
Omega Law Group won’t send you bills requesting payment while your case progresses. We only get paid if we put a nursing home abuse settlement in your hands. This way, you and everyone else can access essential legal services without worsening your financial stress.
Omega Law Group Wants to Represent You
Don’t go up against abusive nursing homes or their staff alone. If someone you love is suffering at the hands of institutional abuse and you want justice, you can count on our legal team to support you. Omega Law Group is proud to stand with families and victims as they challenge the mistreatment that puts lives at risk.
Your case consultation with our legal team comes free of charge and won’t lock you into any kind of legal action.
Our nursing home abuse attorneys in San Diego, CA, are here to help you explore your options and highlight what steps you can take to get justice on behalf of an abuse victim. The sooner you contact our team, the sooner we can go to work for you.
