Nursing Home Accidents

Personal Injury Lawyers: Nursing Home Accidents

People don't give up their rights when they enter a nursing home; they acquire new ones.

According to the federal Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987, all nursing home residents are entitled to receive quality care and live in an environment that improves or maintains the quality of their physical and mental health.

Jaklitsch Law Group: Nursing Home Accident Attorneys
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Despite state and federal regulations, however, nursing home abuse and neglect result in accidents that injure thousands of vulnerable residents in nursing homes, assisted living centers and other residences for the elderly every year.

Is your loved one the victim of nursing home abuse or neglect? Was he or she injured in a nursing home incident that was caused by negligence? Please contact an attorney at the Jaklitsch Law Group. We offer a free consultation to discuss your case and review your legal rights and options.

Our law firm represents clients injured by all types of nursing home abuse and neglect, including:

• Physical abuse and neglect
• Medical neglect
• Emotional or psychological abuse
• Failure to prevent dehydration and malnutrition
• Failure to prevent bed sores
• Failure to assist in personal hygiene
• Unsanitary and unclean conditions
• Infections
• Failure to protect from health and safety hazards
• Failure to prevent falls
• Poor access to medical services
• Assault
• Battery
• Sexual assault
• Unreasonable physical restraint
• Giving too much or not enough medication
• Slapping, pushing, shaking, beating
• Improper use of restraints, such as forcing an older person to stay in a room

Our attorneys will seek financial compensation for your family member's medical expenses and pain and suffering. Fair verdicts and settlements in nursing home accident claims encourage nursing home owners to treat all of their residents with the dignity, respect and care that they deserve.

From our office in Upper Marlboro in Prince George’s County, Maryland, our lawyers represent people injured in nursing home accidents throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.