In theory, nursing homes and assisted living facilities are supposed to be safe, supportive, and comfortable environments for older people dealing with serious physical and/or cognitive problems. In reality, though, it is far from uncommon for facilities like these to be deficient in their care for their residents or even outright abusive to them, something which neither those residents nor their families should have to tolerate.
If you or your family member is being mistreated in a nursing home and has sustained physical harm as a result of that mistreatment, you may have grounds for legal action which a seasoned personal injury attorney can help you pursue. With a Tolleson nursing home abuse lawyer from Phillips Law Group by your side, you will be able to not only ensure that this unacceptable mistreatment stops, but also demand comprehensive compensation for the harm that mistreatment has already caused. Reach out to our team today.
Nursing home mistreatment can take various forms, ranging from overt physical and verbal attacks to more subtle forms of emotional, financial, and even sexual abuse. Even inadvertent neglect of nursing home residents can lead to serious infections, bedsores, malnutrition, and dehydration, each of which may take months to fully recover from if it does not ultimately have fatal consequences.
With all that in mind, it is often important when filing suit over injuries or illnesses caused by nursing home mistreatment to account for both short-term and long-term effects that mistreatment will have on the impacted resident. This can include both economic and non-economic forms of harm including:
A Tolleson nursing home abuse attorney can help demand restitution for these losses or — if the abuse or neglect leads to a resident’s premature death — for losses sustained by surviving family members.
Even though nursing home abuse can very often have long-lasting effects, impacted residents or family members filing suit on their behalf do not have unlimited time to take action over the harm they have sustained. In fact, under Arizona Revised Statutes §12-542, most people have just two years after sustaining harm — or sometimes after discovering harm caused by someone else’s negligence — to formally start the litigation process.
The same two-year filing period applies to “wrongful death” claims based on a nursing home resident’s premature death due to abuse or neglect, although it starts from the date of death rather than the date of the initial injury. Either way, guidance from a knowledgeable nursing home mistreatment lawyer in Tolleson can be essential to building and filing the strongest possible claim within this deceptively short window of time.
No person should ever be neglected or abused under any circumstances, especially when they are living in a nursing home or assisted living facility where trained professionals are supposed to be providing them with the best possible care. Unfortunately, that exact scenario plays out across Arizona more often than anyone would like to think, and it all too often has life-altering or even life-threatening repercussions.
Phillips Law Group has been locally owned and operated for over three decades, and we are not afraid to go to court if necessary to get a fair case result for you and the people you love. Contact a member of our team today to schedule a free, no-obligation consultation and learn what a Tolleson nursing home abuse lawyer can do to help your family. Do not hesitate – reach out today!
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