When we entrust the care of our aging loved ones to a nursing home facility, we expect them to be treated with dignity and to receive quality healthcare services. However, these reasonable expectations are not always met. In fact, nursing home residents in the United States are being abused and neglected with alarming regularity. 

If you suspect that your loved one has been abused or neglected in a nursing home or skilled nursing facility, please, contact Rosenbaum and Associates today. Our team is passionate about protecting vulnerable nursing home residents and fight for the justice, dignity, and respect that they deserve.

Why Rosenbaum & Associates?

• Experience: Our attorneys have represented nursing home residents and their families for 25 years.  
• Compassion:  We understand how difficult and sensitive these matters can be.  Our goal is to treat you and your family with the utmost respect.  
• Results:  We understand how to build strong cases that get results in situations involving nursing home abuse.  We have recovered millions of dollars in compensation for our clients. 
• Risk-Free:  We handle all nursing home abuse cases on a contingency fee basis and charge no fees unless we win.

What is Nursing Home Abuse?

Elder abuse can take many forms in a nursing home, most of which occur behind closed doors. The World Health Organization defines elder abuse as “a single, or repeated act, or lack of appropriate actions, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an older person.”

In a nursing home setting, this typically occurs when a resident is abused or neglected by employees of that facility. Unfortunately, this neglect or elder abuse can result in significant injuries including death in extreme cases. 

Sadly, abuse and neglect are often not just the actions of a ‘bad apple’ or criminal employee. Rather, they are the result of a systemic problem. The nursing home industry has become a multi-billion dollar business composed of major corporations where efficiency and profitability are more important than administering proper care. For this reason, both federal and state governments have introduced legislation to protect residents from abuse.

Why File a Lawsuit?

In cases involving nursing home abuse and neglect, the role that a lawsuit plays is vital. First, a lawsuit can help you recover the financial compensation you need to move your loved one to a better facility, treat their injuries, and move on from the abuse – if possible. However, in cases of systemic, institutional issues, a lawsuit can force companies to change how they treat patients, staff facilities, and hire employees. A successful lawsuit can, in effect, prevent the same abuse from happening to another resident.