Dundalk Nursing Home Physical Injuries Attorney

The nursing home may be liable for any injuries that occur on its premises. When nursing homes enroll residents, they accept a duty of care. This duty of care requires administrators and caregivers to act responsibly to ensure the safety and well being of residents. Reasonable behavior generally includes:

• Providing basic care to your loved one: Administering medications, assisting with eating and drinking, bathing, and helping with hygiene and restroom use are the minimum types of care a nursing home should provide. Failure in these areas could cause physical injuries like bedsores, choking, and infections.
• Providing prompt, thorough medical care when necessary: When your loved one requires medical attention, they should receive prompt attention, based on the established standards of care, without exception.
• Monitoring your loved one: It is not enough to simply respond when a nursing home resident is in distress. Nursing home staff must continually monitor residents, ensuring they are safe and always cared for, especially those with mental impairment, such as dementia.
• Protecting your loved one from abuse: When signs of abuse emerge, the nursing home must conduct a thorough investigation. Once administrators identify the abuser—whether it is a caregiver, administrator, staffer, resident, or visitor—they must take swift action to report the incident and remove the threat.

If the nursing home failed in any of these respects, it may have been negligent. Negligence generally makes a nursing home liable for resulting harm, including but not limited to physical injuries.

Recoverable Damages In A Dundalk Nursing Home Abuse Or Neglect Case

Nursing home abuse and neglect cases can involve serious damages, as elderly victims may be less resilient when injured. Recoverable damages in your loved one’s case may include:

• Pain and suffering: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains that physical abuse can have emotional effects on the victim. Your loved one might experience chronic fear, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) because of their physical injuries. Any pain and suffering from physical mistreatment may be recoverable.
• Medical bills: If your loved one needed medical attention for physical injuries, we may recover compensation for their current and future medical costs.
• Relocation expenses: If your loved one must be relocated from the nursing home where the abuse happened, they may have incurred moving-related expenses. The liable nursing home may cover those moving expenses.

Every nursing home abuse and neglect case in Dundalk is different. As experienced nursing home abuse and neglect attorneys, we will know about damages affecting your family that a less experienced attorney might not have considered, and we will seek fair compensation for them. If your loved one tragically passed away from their physical injuries, we can lead a wrongful death claim for you.

Why Clients Hire Brown & Barron For Nursing Home Negligence Cases In Dundalk

We’ll let clients explain why they choose Brown & Barron when they need justice:

“Thanks to Brown & Barron, me and my family can finally be at peace with the loss of a loved one. We all feel that the law firm handled the matter very timely and respectfully and extremely professionally.” – Jeffrey Smith, former client

“Words cannot express how thankful I am to Brown & Barron for settling my mom’s nursing home neglect case. They were amazing, keeping us up to date with everything going on. They treated us like family.” – Natastsha Huntley, former client

We fight for every client as if they are our family members. Expect the same dedicated legal care when you hire us for your loved one’s case.

Call Brown & Barron Today To Discuss Your Loved One’s Case In Baltimore County

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