If you or a loved one has been mistreated, injured, neglected or abused in a skilled nursing or a residential care facility you are not alone. In fact, negligence and abuse in nursing and residential care facilities has become all too common.
In a recent report issued by the US House of Representatives, Special Investigations Division, Committee in Government Reform, only 6.3% of the 288 nursing homes in the San Francisco Bay Area were found to be in full or substantial compliance with federal standards. The others had an average of 13.2 violations of federal quality of care requirements. The situation in the San Francisco Bay Area is not unusual. Nursing homes are cited for violations of state and federal law on a daily basis, and you and your loved ones may be the victims of this widespread neglect and abuse. An aging population, health care crisis, and bankruptcies of most major nursing home chains are current indications that the neglect and abuse will not only continue, but will most likely increase.
The most common types of neglect and abuse are malnutrition, dehydration, pressure sores, infections, falls, burns, and assaults. These injuries are most often a result of understaffing, poor training, and general unhappiness of the nursing homes employees. All of these situations are usually a result of budgetary decisions, or corporate profits. Most injuries are part of a systemic problem.
If you or your loved ones are victims of nursing home neglect in a nursing or residential facility, there are probably other residents in the facility who are also being neglected or abused; in fact there is probably a continuing pattern of neglect at the facility. This pattern is easily shown by the facility's probable history of violations of both federal and state law.
The attorneys at Lopez, Hodes, Milman & Skikos are experts at litigating these specialized cases. The firm has a long history of successful litigation against these kind of facilities for a variety of wrongs. They know how to prove a pattern of neglect and prove that the victim is a part of this pattern. They also have a keen understanding of the applicable state and federal laws and how these types of cases differ from other kinds of medical negligence cases. All of the attorneys at Lopez, Hodes, Milman & Skikos are known as aggressive litigators who are passionate about the health and safety of everyone, especially elders.
If you feel that you or your loved one has been injured as a result of mistreatment, neglect or abuse in a skilled nursing facility, residential care facility or sub-acute facility attached to a hospital and would like to discuss the potential case with an experienced attorney who specializes in this area, please fill out the "Do You Have A Case" Questionnaire and you will receive a response within two business days.
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