San Antonio Nursing Home Abuse Attorney

Michael Grossman, Personal Injury Lawyer in San Antonio TX, Discusses Nursing Home Abuse, Negligence & Neglect

If someone you love who is living in a nursing home or other assisted living facility has been the victim of abuse, you probably have a number of questions. How did this happen? Who is responsible? Can the liable parties be brought to justice?

Unfortunately, nursing home abuse is a serious problem in the state of Texas, particularly in long-term care facilities. Bring those accountable to justice is not an easy task, but experienced San Antonio nursing home abuse attorney Michael Grossman from Grossman Law Offices is here to help you hold the guilty parties accountable.

Common Types of Abuse in Nursing Homes

In some extreme cases, nursing home abuse is carried out to a criminal extent, such as cases involving physical assault or starvation. In these cases, the guilty parties may face criminal charges, but you can still file civil charges against those responsible. Most nursing home abuse cases involve some form of negligence, such as:

• Failure to provide proper medication in a timely manner
• Failure to properly examine a patient for common nursing home conditions like bedsores
• Neglecting the patient’s basic needs, such as providing timely meals or taking a patient to the restroom
• Ignoring a patient’s requests for assistance

Unfortunately, due to their impaired condition, those living in nursing homes are often at the mercy of their caretakers. When those caretakers fail to properly provide for nursing home patients, they should be held accountable. But lawsuits filed in nursing abuse cases are complex, and you are going to need help from an experienced nursing home abuse lawyer if you are to bring those responsible to justice.

Why are Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuits so Complex?

In many nursing home abuse cases, the victim of negligence is not able to tell his or her side of the story. This means that the only way to build a case proving nursing home abuse is to turn to physical evidence. This must be done quickly, as many nursing home staff members will attempt to cover up evidence if they fear a lawsuit. In other cases, the evidence simply fades, and must be documented quickly. Our attorneys can help you gather and properly document the evidence necessary to build a strong case that proves negligence in the case of nursing home abuse.

Additionally, nursing home abuse is a form of medical malpractice, which means that nursing home abuse lawsuits are covered by very technical and complex laws. In recent years, lawmakers revised medical malpractice regulations in an attempt to protect medical professionals from frivolous lawsuits. This had the side effect of making legitimate medical malpractice cases much more difficult to win. Many personal injury firms have simply stopped accepting medical malpractice cases.

Our Attorneys Can Help You

However, the legal professionals at Grossman Law Offices have been helping victims of medical malpractice and nursing home abuse for twenty years, and we are intimately familiar with medical malpractice regulations, both before and after the recent tort reform. In other words, we know how to construct a case so that it meets the specific requirements of the medical malpractice tort reform. We have the experience necessary to bring those responsible for your loved one’s abuse to justice. So if someone in your family has been abused in an assisted living facility, do not let the guilty parties’ negligence go unpunished. Let aggressive San Antonio nursing home abuse lawyer Michael Grossman from Grossman Law Offices help you bring those responsible to justice.