Practice Areas
 

Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect

More than 1.6 million elderly and disabled Americans are currently residing in approximately 18,000 nursing homes across the United States. While some nursing homes provide good care, many are subjecting helpless residents to needless suffering and potentially death. Many residents in nursing homes today are starved, dehydrated, over-medicated, and suffer painful pressure sores. Corporate owners of nursing homes are often more concerned about their profits than the care they should be providing. Thus, nursing homes often have inadequate and poorly trained staff that is overworked and underpaid, resulting in neglectful and abusive behavior to vulnerable residents who rely on them for basic needs.

Nursing home abuse and neglect has become widespread and a growing epidemic. It is a serious problem affecting thousands of nursing home residents who are dependent on nursing homes for care. Abuse and neglect can be difficult to recognize and may be covered-up by nursing home staff. Almost all forms of abuse and neglect are preventable.

Please feel free to fill in our easy to use form on our Homepage with any question or concerns you may have about the legal rights of individuals or their families related to nursing home abuse or neglect.

If someone you love is a victim of nursing home abuse or neglect call Mazur & Kittel, PLLC today at 800-990-6380 to arrange a free initial consultation with one of our attorneys.

• Click here to learn more about the causes and forms of nursing home abuse and neglect.