Nursing Home Abuse Attorney in Orlando, FL
Protect Your Elderly Loved One from Abuse
Have you placed an elderly loved one in a nursing home? If so, you probably trusted the staff, nurses, and doctors to take excellent care of your family member. Unfortunately, nursing home abuse and neglect is becoming more and more common.
Residents of nursing homes and other care facilities can suffer from serious personal injury when the staff neglects or abuses them. If you have a loved one in a nursing home, make sure that you know what signs to look for so that you can protect him or her from abuse. Our Orlando nursing home abuse lawyers can help you seek justice and fair compensation from those responsible for mistreating your loved one.
Common signs of nursing home abuse include:
- Malnutrition / dehydration
- Bedsores
- Unexplainable cuts and bruises
- Lethargy / listlessness
- Untreated illness or injury
- Depression
- Fear / anxiety
Causes of Nursing Home Abuse
Nursing home residents can be abused or neglected by staff as well as by other residents. Whether they are being underfed, left in their beds to develop bedsores, physically assaulted, or verbally abused, such abuse should not be allowed to continue. You need to speak with an Orlando personal injury attorney from Florida Injury Law Firm to file a claim against the liable party.
Florida Injury Law Firm is familiar with recent tort reforms for medical malpractice cases and can help you obtain qualified expert witnesses, such as physicians who practice in the same area of medicine as the defendant in your case. We also know about Florida's medical malpractice caps and can maximize your compensation. Our firm can help you establish negligence and recover compensation for the damages that your loved one has suffered.
Find a Caring Orlando Personal Injury Lawyer
The Florida Injury Law Firm has a strong success record in all areas of personal injury and can help you present a strong case to recover your damages. We recognize that our clients are more than victims; you are a person in need of compensation for your injuries or for those of your elderly loved one.
We can travel to you if you are unable to visit our office for your free case evaluation, and we can work tirelessly to get the best results for your case. Contact us at your earliest convenience to learn more!