Milwaukee Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer

When we entrust our loved ones to a nursing home, we expect them to be treated with the utmost respect and be cared for in a special way. That is unfortunately not always the case and sometimes neglect or abuse can lead to our loved ones suffering injuries or even death.

Any form of neglect and abuse, physical or emotional, is terrible, and the families of those involved are always affected as well.

The personal injury lawyers at Gruber Law Offices, LLC have the experience and knowledge to help you get compensation for nursing home accidents or abuse.

There are many different types of nursing home abuse. Listed below are some of the cases our attorneys handle:

• Physical Abuse
• Emotional Abuse
• Sexual Abuse
• Neglect or Abandonment

Long-term care facilities are responsible for the actions of their staff and the treatment of their residents. When nursing home management neglects employment prescreening, failing to check references and criminal backgrounds, and hires unsuitable, abusive, or negligent staff as a result, the facility should be held accountable for the harm caused to vulnerable elderly people.

Nursing home injuries are more common than we would like to think. The average nursing home reports 100 – 200 falls per year and about 1,800 adults in nursing homes die each year from fall-related injuries. This number of falls may actually be much larger as many falls go unreported and patients often fall more than once.

Nursing home injuries can also occur by other means, including giving or failing to give someone their prescribed medication, failure to follow doctor’s orders, and bed sores.

About 10 – 20% of nursing home falls cause serious injuries to the person.  Falls can be especially dangerous to individuals living in nursing homes as they may be older than other individuals living outside of a nursing home, have frail or degenerating bone structures, may have chronic conditions and/or difficulty walking.

Often times, nursing home residents may have problems with memory, cognitive reasoning, daily living, mobility or self-care so adding an injury on top of their current difficulties can be extremely challenging. Injuries to nursing home residents can take months of rehabilitation. In addition, complications can arise from injuries and the individual’s quality of life will suffer while in treatment.