Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer
Know what to look for when looking for Phoenix nursing home attorneys
Because of the widespread problem of nursing home and elder abuse, many states, including Arizona, have enacted laws protecting our vulnerable and elderly citizens. With over 1.5 million elderly and dependent adults now living in nursing homes, abuse and neglect have become a pervasive and expanding problem.
Although many nursing homes provide quality care, in other facilities, residents are being gravely injured, even dying, because of neglectful caregivers. It is important to select the right facility for our elderly and dependent loved ones. However, even when a facility has an excellent reputation and has been carefully chosen by a family, nursing home abuse can, and still does, happen.
Nursing home abuse occurs in a variety of ways. Because dependant adults cannot protect themselves, they are often victims of physical attack, sexual assault, financial abuse and negligent care. Oftentimes, nursing home personnel and caregivers disregard these vulnerable adults leading to many serious and life-threatening problems including dehydration, falls, broken bones, infections, bedsores, septicemia, gangrene, and death.
Whether you’ve been injured by a technician, assistant, doctor or nurse in a home or other care facility, an Arizona lawyer with experience in elder abuse cases should be able to help you.
Because abuse of these adults is a very serious problem, Arizona has made it is a class 5 felony to abuse a vulnerable or incapacitated adult. In 1989, the Arizona legislature expanded criminal adult abuse laws by creating a civil cause of action against those who provide care for incapacitated or vulnerable adults.
Arizona law states an incapacitated or vulnerable adult whose life or health has been endangered or injured by neglect, abuse or exploitation may file a lawsuit against any person or corporation that has assumed the duty to provide care for the incapacitated or vulnerable adult. In order to protect these adults from abuse, Arizona allows these abused adults to recover not only pain and suffering damages against the wrongdoer, but also attorneys' fees, costs and punitive damages.
Our Phoenix nursing home attorneys have prosecuted many nursing home and elder abuse cases. If you or one of your family members has been a victim of a nurse at a home, contact our Arizona attorney immediately.
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