Pittsburgh Nursing Home Abuse Attorney
Pennsylvania Nursing Home Neglect Lawyer
Nursing home abuse cases can be difficult to prove. Patients are often unable to provide information. Nursing home staff are usually reluctant to testify against colleagues. Despite these challenges, Pittsburgh law firm of Ronald J. Bua & Associates have the resources and the determination to handle difficult nursing home abuse cases. When we trust our elderly loved ones to the care of a nursing home, we have the right to expect that the home will provide them with a proper standard of care. When they do not, and injuries or deaths result, patients or their families may be able to claim compensation for medical bills, injuries, and other expenses related to the abuse and neglect.
No excuse for nursing home abuse and neglect
There is no excuse for bedsores, dehydration, malnutrition, or failing to maintain proper hygiene in nursing home residents. Understaffed nursing homes are often guilty of over-sedation as a management strategy. The neglect of patients in some nursing homes verges on elder abuse. We help patients and their families receive compensation for injuries and death and put the nursing home on notice that neglect and abuse will not be tolerated. For more information about nursing home negligence, contact our Pittsburgh nursing home negligence law firm, Ronald J. Bua & Associates for a free initial consultation with no obligation.
Examples of negligence
In addition to physical injuries and illnesses, nursing home abuse and neglect results in a loss of dignity to the elderly loved one. We have helped elderly individuals regain their dignity and recover compensation for their injuries. Our clients have included patients who have been injured in a preventable slip and fall accident and the family of someone killed by a drug dispensing error.
Signs of nursing home neglect
We use investigators to obtain the facts of necessary to pursue a nursing home negligence case. If your loved one in a nursing home is exhibiting signs of abuse or neglect--malnutrition, fractures, or infections-- contact an attorney right away. Until the nursing facility is held responsible for the care it provides, your loved one and all other residents will be vulnerable to nursing home negligence.
