New York Nursing Home Negligence Lawyers

Over a million senior citizens and the disabled reside in nursing homes. The law demands that these nursing homes exercise the highest practical level of care for each patient. Some do. Unfortunately, others do not. Often, it's loved ones who suffer for the nursing home's lapse in care.

Patients that find themselves the victims of neglect and/or abuse from a nursing home or its employees are often harmed mentally as well as physically.

Instances of nursing home negligence and/or abuse includes (but not limited to):

• Failure to provide proper nutrition and hydration
• Failure to assist in personal hygiene when needed
• Over- or under-medication
• Failure to take reasonable precautions to prevent falls
• Slapping or other physical abuse of the resident
• Use of unwarranted chemical or physical restraints
• Failure to take adequate precautions to prevent injury to the resident
• Failure to provide for appropriate medical care
• Sexual assault or rape of the resident

If you feel someone is the victim of abuse or negligence by a nursing home, call Smiley & Smiley, LLP at 1.866.SMILEYLAW, toll-free, to begin protecting your rights and advising you right away.

Nursing Home Negligence Issues

Keep your eyes open. Detecting neglect and abuse in a nursing home facility can be difficult. That's because nursing home victims are often incapable of communicating the existence of abuse or neglect because of their physical and/or mental limitations.

If you have a suspicion that neglect or abuse is occurring, consult a qualified attorney like those at Smiley & Smiley, LLP to review the matter. The attorney will consult with medical professionals to help ascertain the situation.

Informative Links

Estate Planning Attorneys
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Hospice Foundation of America
HFA is a nonprofit organization that promotes hospice care.
http://www.hospicefoundation.org

AARP
http://www.aarp.org

Association for Protection of the Elderly
http://www.apeape.org

The National Aging Information Center (NAIC),
operated by the U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA).
http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/naic/about.html

Fatal Neglect (Time Magazine article on nursing home abuse)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/1997/dom/971027/nation.fatal_neglect.html

Texas Advocates for Nursing Home Residents
http://www.tanhr.org

Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center
http://Janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder