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Case Portfolio: Stories of Nursing Home Abuse – and Legal Recourse

The abuse of nursing home residents can take many forms. The scenarios below describe many of the most common examples. If you or a loved one suspect nursing home abuse or neglect, it’s important to act quickly to gather and preserve evidence. The team at Dalli & Marino are expert nursing home abuse lawyers. Contact us and speak to a lawyer who can tell you if you have a case.

 

DISCOVERING NURSING HOME ABUSE FROM A DISTANCE — OVER MEDICATION
Mrs. Sievers may have been improperly or overly medicated to keep her quiet. This violates nursing home resident rights and is often due to short staffing.

I CAN NEVER SEE A DOCTOR WHEN I REQUEST ONE
“Maybe he was calling out, but they just weren’t responding”… “You mean the nursing home staff?”

NURSING HOME MEDICATION ERRORS
“But for that dosing error… Mom would still be with us.” … “maybe the home didn’t have adequate staff to do the monitoring and to notify the doctor if something was wrong with the levels so they could make adjustments.”

UNEXPLAINED NURSING HOME RESIDENT WEIGHT LOSS
“A feeding tube? You’ve got to be kidding!” If a feeding tube is recommended for your loved one, it may be because the nursing home does not have enough staff to help the residents eat.

PHYSICAL ABUSE: NURSING HOME AIDES WERE ROUGH WITH DAD
“I’m starting to think that these injuries weren’t accidental.” …What caused the injury? Was there a fall? Where and when did this happen?

NEGLECT IN NURSING HOMES LEADING TO FALLS AND OTHER INJURIES
“I think this fall, the one the hospital says proved fatal, could have been avoided. I’ll bet you anything that she had to go to the bathroom and nobody came to assist her when she rang the call bell.”

INJURIES IN NURSING HOMES CAUSING INCAPACITY OR DEATH
“She seems to have suffered some sort of fracture” … “How could this have happened?” asked Ms. Salmon. “How could Mom get a fracture in a nursing home?”

UNEXPLAINED INJURIES IN NURSING HOMES
“We think the bruising she suffered last week was caused by a staff member,” Nate told his wife. “You’re joking, right? This is a nursing facility. They’re like, regulated and all that.”

BED SORE MALPRACTICE CASES
“It began with the bruising. It progressed to bedsores (bed sores) so severe that hospitalization was necessary.” … “And things just got horribly worse from there.”

NURSING HOME FALLS
“‘On April 9, Mr. Alvarez was admitted to St. Timothy’s Memorial Hospital with — get this – a diffuse traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, a skull fracture, orbital fracture, and a rib fracture.'” …”Three falls like this . . . it’s indefensible.”

WRONGFUL DEATH IN A NURSING HOME
“I’m sure that she fell while she was in the nursing home. And the nursing home should never have allowed this to happen. When I asked about the bruise, I couldn’t get a straight answer.”

 

Dalli & Marino – New York Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers

Dalli & Marino, LLP is a premier nursing home negligence and elder abuse law firm in New York City, Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut. Our team of attorneys is familiar with all major nursing home facilities in the New York metropolitan area and has been fighting for the rights of nursing home residents for over 20 years. Dalli & Marino has won millions of dollars for victims of nursing home negligence.

Lawyers Not Screeners

In addition to speaking to a live person whenever you call Dalli & Marino to discuss a nursing home abuse or negligence case, you’ll find that every case is screened by a lawyer, not a receptionist. Contact us and speak to a lawyer who can tell you if you have a case.

Focus

A firm must be experienced in the particulars of nursing home operations and applicable state and federal law to be (persuasively) successful at trial. Dalli & Marino, LLP is that law frm.

Evidence Gathering

Gathering evidence in today’s environment requires a clear understanding of the rules, plus the possible role of electronic medical records/electronic health records (EMR/EHR) and expert witnesses.

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