Massachusetts Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers

Personal injury lawyers concentrating on nursing home injury cases involving abuse or neglect

If you or a loved elder has been mistreated, injured, neglected or abused in a skilled nursing or a residential care facility you are not alone. In fact, negligence and abuse in nursing and residential care facilities has become common. Nursing homes nationwide are frequently cited with violations of state and federal law. Your loved ones may be the victims of this widespread neglect and abuse. Current trends indicate that the neglect and abuse will continue or increase.

The most common types of neglect and abuse are malnutrition, dehydration, pressure sores, infections, falls, burns, and assaults. If you or your loved ones are victims of neglect or abuse in a nursing or residential facility, there are probably other residents in the facility who are also being neglected or abused; in fact there is probably a continuing pattern of neglect at the facility.

If you feel that you or your loved one has been injured as a result of mistreatment, neglect or abuse in a skilled nursing facility, residential care facility or sub-acute facility attached to a hospital, please contact us.

Instances of Abuse or Neglect can include:
- Assault
- Battery
- Sexual Assault
- Rape
- Unnecessary physical restraint
- Deprivation of food or water
- Improper use of medication Neglect includes:
- Failure to help in personal hygiene
- Failure to provide proper food, clothing, or shelter
- Failure to provide appropriate medical care
- Failure to comply with health and safety hazards
- Failure to prevent malnutrition and dehydration
- Failure to prevent pressure sores or bedsores

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