Was Your Loved One Harmed by Elder Care Abuse?
Nursing homes paint a rosy picture of attentive care in brochures, but behind the scenes the residents of care facilities often suffer from abusive treatment and intentional neglect. If you suspect your family member is being mistreated, you should trust your instincts and contact an attorney.
The law firm of Feldman, Fox & Morgado has held nursing homes accountable for unspeakable acts against vulnerable patients and severe neglect that constitutes abuse. We know how to investigate to build a case for damages that will compensate your loved one and hopefully force the facility to improve the quality of care and security.
Contact us today for a free initial consultation about nursing home abuse. We take cases in the Tampa Bay area and throughout Florida.
Tampa Nursing Home Abuse Attorney
Mitchell Feldman and his legal team have handled cases of outright abuse in Florida nursing homes and assisted living facilities:
- Physical abuse and punishment of residents
- Tying residents down or locking them in rooms
- Over-medicating to sedate patients
- Sexual assault by staff or other residents
- Sticking patients back in bed after a falling accident
- Letting patients lie in their own vomit or soiled diapers
- Ignoring residents' health complaints or calls for assistance
Sometimes the abuse is not malicious or intentional but nonetheless negligent:
- Failing to turn bedridden patients (see Bed Sores)
- Dehydration and malnutrition
- Failure to diagnose injury or summon medical care
- Failure to report, document and investigate bruises, moaning or crying, loss of appetite, fever, behavioral changes or other signs of abuse and neglect
Our lawyers take the time to listen to your suspicions and talk to your loved one if he or she is able to relate what happened. We work quickly to obtain medical records and charts of staff activity. We look into staffing levels, prior complaints and lawsuits against the facility and the criminal background of nurses and care workers.
St. Petersburg Resident Abuse Attorney
Call us at 866-578-1607 to arrange a free consultation. There are no attorney fees unless we take the case and recover compensation. We have office locations in Tampa, Ocala, Naples, Jacksonville, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Miami, but an office consultation is not strictly necessary. We can travel to our clients' home, nursing home or hospital, or handle the matter entirely by phone, mail and Internet.
