Nursing Home Abuse

Nursing Home Abuse Cases are Becoming More Common

Our Columbus GA Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer handle the following cases:

Residents of nursing homes may be at risk for nursing home abuse. Due to their age and health conditions, they may not be able to defend themselves.
There are different types of nursing home abuse:

• Physical abuse – the willful inflicting of pain or injury to the resident.
• Financial abuse – the improper act of using the resources of a resident for someone else’s benefit without their consent.
• Sexual abuse – the coercing of a resident through force, trickery, threats or other means into unwanted sexual activity.
• Emotional abuse – the causing of mental or emotional distress by means of humiliation, intimidation or threats.
• Neglect – the failure to provide food, water, clothing, shelter, hygiene, medication, safety and comfort by someone who is responsible for the resident.

If a resident has been abused at a nursing facility, it is institutional abuse. Institutional abuse generally involves abuse committed by a person who has a legal or contractual obligation to care for the resident in a nursing home, foster home, or other similar facility. Nursing homes are licensed and heavily regulated under both federal and state law and are supposed to protect elderly residents from harm.

Getting nursing home abuse victims the compensation they deserve

Nursing home abuse is unjustifiable. If your elder relative is a victim of abuse at a nursing facility, you should sue the nursing facility. There are several types of claims you can bring against nursing homes for elder abuse including actions alleging physical, sexual, or verbal abuse, false imprisonment, consumer fraud resulting in financial abuse, and financial exploitation.

The injury lawyers at Columbus GA Law Firm have years of experience in getting nursing home abuse victims the compensation they deserve. From our offices in Columbus GA, we represent nursing home abuse victims all over Georgia. We have an unmatched reputation in getting nursing home abuse victims the compensation they deserve.

Contact us for a free initial consultation. You have nothing to loose. We will review your case and let you know the compensation you can get.

We will get you the compensation you deserve

Effective, Affordable, Aggressive Representation for all

The injury lawyers at Columbus GA Law Firm provide affordable quality legal representation for everyone.

We have special affordable fee arrangement for cases involving nursing home abuse and neglect.

Nursing home residents have rights. Nursing home abuse is unjustifiable. There are State and federal laws protect nursing home residents from abuse and neglect.

You will need an experienced and skilled attorney to get you the compensation you deserve. We have years of experience in getting victims of nursing home abuse the compensation they deserve. From our offices in Columbus GA, we represent nursing home abuse victims all over Georgia. We have an unmatched reputation in getting nursing home abuse victims the compensation they deserve.

Contact us for a free initial consultation. You have nothing to loose. We will review your case and let you know the compensation you can get.