Nursing Home Neglect

Nursing Home Neglect

Nursing homes have a legal and ethical obligation to provide each resident with the care necessary for the resident to attain and maintain his or her highest level of physical, mental and psychosocial well being, that is the highest level of function. This includes preventing injuries and accidents. We encourage you to visit our Nurisng Home Abuse & Neglect website to learn more about our nursing home practice .

Unfortunately, each year approximately 35,000 nursing home residents suffer unnecessary and avoidable pain, injury, or death due to negligence, improper care, and careless disregard. In Wisconsin alone, almost 30% of the nursing homes inspected over a two-year period were cited with incidents of possible neglect and abuse.

Nursing home neglect & abuse refers to the mistreatment, exploitation, neglect, or harm of a resident that typically results in injury, pain, suffering, or death. If you or your loved one has been neglected, abused, or mistreated in a nursing home, an experienced Wisconsin personal injury attorney can help you hold the nursing home accountable and obtain financial compensation for the pain, suffering, financial loss, and medical expenses. At Pitman, Kyle & Sicula, we have successfully represented clients who have suffered from the following acts of nursing home abuse and/or negligence:

  • Physical abuse
  • Verbal assault
  • Psychological/mental abuse
  • Assault or battery
  • Sexual abuse
  • Pressure sores
  • Falls involving fractures, especially hip fractures
  • Failure to properly clean the patient’s dressing or bed clothes
  • Dehydration
  • Malnutrition
  • Understaffing
  • Failure to provide patient with proper diet and nutrition
  • Failure to follow doctor's orders
  • Medication errors
  • Improper use of medication
  • Unnecessary physical restraint
  • Treat resident in a way that lowers his/her self esteem, self worth, or dignity
  • Failure to develop and maintain and comprehensive care plan for the resident
  • Failure to provide adequate supervision or assistance to the resident
  • Financial exploitation and/or abuse
  • Unqualified, incompetent, or poorly trained staff
  • Failure to notify physician and family of significant changes in condition

Unfortunately, many resident's and/or families do not report instances of abuse/neglect out of fear their situation will get worse, or because they do not want to burden their family. Furthermore, not all victims are able to communicate that abuse/neglect has been occurring. In fact, an estimated 84% of nursing home abuse cases go unreported or unrecognized. Visit our Wisconsin Nursing Home Abuse site to learn how to file a complaint.

If you suspect your loved one is being abused or neglected, there are common signs you can look for that typically indicate unlawful treatment is occurring, such as:

  • Signs of malnutrition or dehydration
  • The staff denies or delays family members and friends from visiting the resident
  • The staff denies visitors “alone time” with the resident
  • Unexplained bruises, cuts, bumps, fractures, sprains, burns, broken bones, etc.
  • Unexplained accidents, injuries, falls
  • Pressure sores
  • Infections
  • Soiled clothing or bedding
  • The resident is over medicated
  • The resident suddenly has a change in behavior
  • The resident suddenly changes his/her will, trust, life insurance policy, or other financial documents
  • Unexplained change in banking habits
  • Unexplained money withdrawals or transfers from bank accounts
  • Loss of the resident’s possessions

    Contact our Wisconsin Nursing Home Abuse Team

    If you or your loved one is the victim of any type of nursing home abuse or neglect, you must contact an experienced Wisconsin personal injury attorney to protect your rights, and make sure you receive compensation for harm suffered at the nursing home. Taking legal action against an abusive or negligent nursing home is one of the best ways to raise awareness, improve quality of care and effectively improve the life of your loved one and other victims of nursing home abuse/negligence.

    At Pitman, Kyle & Sicula, we are dedicated to preventing negligence and abuse from occurring in nursing homes. Our Wisconsin nursing home negligence team specialize in this complicated area of the law, and work relentlessly to hold nursing home's accountable. We work with a team of medical experts, investigators, and nuse attorneys to help our clients and their families obtain financial restitution for their pain, suffering, financial loss, and medical expenses. We provide each client with extensive resources, aggressive representation, personalized attention and compassionate legal care. For more information, please go to our Wisconsin Nursing Home Abuse website .

    If you are in need of a Wisconsin nursing home negligence attorney, contact our office today for your free consultation at (800) 950-9882.

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