Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect

South Carolina Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers

Sadly, when people age, they become more vulnerable to abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Some older people opt to move into nursing homes or long-term care facilities to ensure that they are well cared for, and will be protected from the effects of their deteriorating physical and/or mental conditions. In these settings, however, older people are sometimes actually physically and/or psychologically harmed by the negligent or intentional acts of their caregivers.

In recent years, federal and state governments have had to write legislation and enact laws to protect elderly citizens from health hazards and negligent patient care. The reason for this rise in state and federal protection for the elderly is one sad and simple truth: all too often nursing homes, long-term caregivers, and assisted living facilities in South Carolina have placed profits before patients.

In institutional settings, several factors have been shown to contribute to the abuse or neglect of residents, including: poorly qualified and inadequately trained staff; staff with a history of violence; inadequate numbers of staff; the isolation of residents; and, the known reluctance of residents to report abuse out of embarrassment or fear.

For all of these reasons, it is both an honor and a challenge to represent the elderly in personal injury litigation. Specifically, these cases present the challenge of overcoming a tendency on the part of others, including insurance adjusters and even physicians, to discount an elderly person's injuries and the diminished quality of life that results from them. With an attorney's thorough investigation and effective presentation of the losses sustained by an elderly client, however, insurance adjusters and jurors can be convinced to fully compensate injured senior citizens. Our attorneys take an aggressive approach to confronting the kind of egregious misconduct found in nursing home abuse and neglect cases. We represent elderly clients and families who have been victims of:

• Bedsores, pressure sores, decubitus ulcers, and infections
• Dehydration and malnutrition
• Financial abuse and exploitation
• Falls, dislocations and fractures
• Inadequate staffing, training, and negligent supervision claims
• Medication and prescription errors
• Inappropriate use of physical or chemical restraints
• Physical, emotional, and psychological abuse
• Physical or emotional neglect

It is important for you to know that cases of nursing home abuse can be difficult to prove if the nursing home or care provider catches wind of a potential lawsuit before your lawyers can get their investigation underway or complete it. Once you have retained Strom Law Firm, our investigators and attorneys will move quickly and discretely to uncover and preserve critical evidence. Once this important step has been accomplished, we will then vigorously pursue the maximum amount of compensation available under applicable laws.

• Civil Actions Against Nursing Homes
• Negligence in a Nursing Home Setting
• Ways in Which Nursing Homes May be Liable for Resident Injuries
• Medical Conditions/Common Nursing Home Cases of Neglect and Abuse
• Special Considerations in Proving Damages Cases Involving the Elderly
• Statutory Protections of Older Persons
• What Your Rights Are as a Resident of a Nursing Home
• Breach of Contract
• Criminal Culpability

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If you suspect that an elderly relative has been the victim of physical abuse at their care facility or that their "mysterious" falling accident was no accident at all — call or contact our nursing home neglect and abuse lawyers in Columbia, South Carolina, today.

You will not only be doing what you can to protect the person you love — you will be doing something that could prevent countless others from being mistreated in the future.

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