Nursing Home Abandonment Lawyers

Was Your Loved One Abandoned in a Nursing Home?

As loved ones get older it often becomes harder to attend to them or provide them with the quality, consistent and ongoing care they require. In cases such as this, it is not uncommon for family members to move a loved one into a nursing home so they can be looked after, attended to, and given the respect and care they deserve. There are instances, however, where nursing home staff does not provide the services they agreed to or were expected to provide.

Abandonment is one such instance and is considered nursing home abuse. As nursing homes are responsible for attending to and looking after their residents, any instance where a resident has been abandoned or left to have to fend for themselves is an instance of abuse. Residents should never be left without access to food, water, shelter, medical care and other fundamentals. A nursing home employee should always be available and easily accessible if the resident needs them.

Lack of staff, inadequately trained staff and insufficient monitoring systems are all reasons nursing homes have used to try and explain away instances of abandonment. None of those reasons, however, justify abandoning someone and putting their life at risk. Whether the individual was abandoned in their room or in some other part of the nursing home facility, or they were abandoned in a public setting, does not matter. What does matter is that they were abandoned, despite the nursing home being charged with their care.

If you suspect or a loved one tells you they have been abandoned by a nursing home employee, you should immediately contact a West Virginia personal injury attorney. It is essential to the safety and well-being of your loved one that you are aware of, alert to, and report any signs of abandonment or other types of injuries caused as a result of nursing home abuse.

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Regardless of who they are up against, the attorneys at the firm are intent on keeping their clients' interests and rights protected. With over 125 cases resulting in verdicts and settlements upwards of one million dollars each, their success record speaks for itself. If you suspect a loved one has been abandoned, at one point or another, by the nursing home charged with their care, you need to contact a West Virginia nursing home abuse lawyer at the firm right away.

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