San Bernardino Elder Abuse and Nursing Home Injuries Attorney
Senior citizens deserve respect and proper care. However, each year, thousands of elderly people receive injuries and in some cases die, because of physical abuse and neglect in their nursing home. The neglect or abuse may be the fault of the nursing home staff or other health care providers. Even many nursing homes that appear to be clean and safe may have a dark side. Unsanitary conditions, improperly trained staff and no resident supervision can cause a number of problems for those who are living in these nursing homes.
Riverside Elder Abuse and Nursing Home Injuries Lawyer
If you know of someone who is in a nursing home and who claims that the home is unsanitary or unsafe, it is important to listen to them and their concerns. When you notice any signs of neglect or abuse, it is time that you speak with a San Bernardino elder abuse and nursing home injuries attorney. Welebir Tierney & Weck has been helping with the litigation needs of elders and providing legal services for personal injury victims for more than 40 years. We can help you if you or one of your loved one is the victim of elder abuse and/or nursing home injuries.
Elder Abuse and nursing home injuries typically fall into two categories: physical abuse, and neglect. Physical abuse can invovle frequent injuries such as bruises, cuts, black eyes or burn, frequent complaints of pain without obvious injury, passive, withdrawn, or emotionless behavior, lack of reaction to pain, and reports of physical abuse. Neglect, on the otherhand, can involve obvious malnutrition (such as unexplained weight loss) and dehydration, lack of personal cleanliness, habitually dressed in torn or dirty clothes, constantly hungry, in need of medical or dental care, left unattended for long periods of time, and reports of neglect.
Types of Elder Neglect and Abuse Claims
Neglect and abuse of the elderly is unfortunately more common than many people seem to believe. While not all nursing homes and health care providers are neglectful or abusive towards the elderly, a small minority of these facilities do have serious problems. Some of the common types of neglect and abuse that one might encounter in these facilities include failure to restrain patients properly, which can cause falls, dehydration, malnutrition, skin lesions, bed sores, administration of improper medication, elopement (wandering away with no supervision), and even physical abuse from the staff members.
Welebir Tierney & Weck Provide the Legal Help You Need
Welebir Tierney & Weck is one of the leading personal injury law firms in the Inland Empire, and we can serve your legal needs. If you have an elderly parent, or loved one, who is in a nursing home and who has suffered neglect or abuse in the facility, you need to take appropriate action and call us right away. It is often difficult for those who are living in the nursing homes to stand up for themselves. You can contact us, and we will be able to help you put a stop to it now.
We have been in the area of the Inland Empire and Southern California for more than 40 years, and we are ready to help you with your litigation needs. You will be able to have a free consultation, so we can properly evaluate your case. You will not have to pay any legal fees unless you win money for the claim. We are members of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and we are ready and willing to take your case to trial. We are also listed in the guidebook Best Lawyers in America – Plaintiffs Personal Injury. Contact us today so we can help stop elder neglect and abuse.
