As loving family members, you help your elderly loved one find what you believe to be the best possible nursing home within the family’s budget. You have the right to expect a nursing home to live up to its promises and its legal obligation to provide skilled, compassionate care with respect for your loved one’s human dignity. Unfortunately, nursing home abuse is far more common than we’d like to think.
If your loved one suffered abuse in an Everett nursing home, reach out to Wells Trumbull for a free consultation with a compassionate Everett nursing home abuse lawyer who will work tirelessly on your loved one’s behalf.
Why Select Wells Trumbull for Your Everett Nursing Home Abuse Case?
At Wells Trumbull, our commitment to our clients has brought them decades of exceptional results. With an attorney from Wells Trumbull behind your nursing home abuse claim, you can expect the following:
- We put compassion first, taking the time to get to know you so we can see the impact the abuse had on your family, enabling us to make a more compelling claim
- We have decades of experience, with access to key resources, such as medical expert testimony to support your case
- Our track record of success brings a powerful voice to your claim
After a free confidential consultation, we use a contingency-based payment model, so you pay nothing until after we’ve first recovered your compensation.
What Types of Abuse Happen In Everett Nursing Homes?
We often think of nursing home abuse as physically hitting or assaulting a resident, but there are actually five categories of nursing home abuse, all of which can have life-altering adverse effects on the elderly victim, including wrongful death.
Nursing Home Neglect
Neglect occurs when caregivers fail to ensure a resident receives adequate food, hydration, supervision, prescribed medications, and personal hygiene, or fail to obtain necessary medical care for an illness, personal injury, or infection.
Nursing Home Abuse in Everett
Physical abuse in nursing homes includes any physical assault, such as slapping, punching, pinching, kicking, shoving, and the unlawful use of physical or chemical restraints.
Emotional Abuse in Everett Nursing Homes
Emotional abuse can lead to worsened health outcomes, withdrawal, and depression, and includes yelling, name-calling, berating, belittling, mocking, intentional isolation, threats, and intimidation.
Sexual Abuse
This includes any unwanted sexual touching or penetration by a caregiver, staff member, another resident, or a visitor.
Financial Abuse in Everett Nursing Home Residents
Financial abuse occurs when an authorized person makes financial transactions in a resident’s accounts, steals their valuables, or illegally uses their car or home.
Under Washington’s fault-based injury law, an abused elderly nursing home resident or their surviving loved ones have the right to compensation from the responsible party.
Signs of Nursing Home Abuse In Everett
If you have a loved one in a nursing home, make frequent unannounced visits not only to spend time with the elder, but also to assess their health and quality of care. Common signs of nursing home abuse include the following:
- Unexplained injuries
- Untreated or infected bedsores
- Broken personal items, such as glasses, hearing aids, and dentures
- Torn or bloodied clothing and bedding
- Signs of restraint use on wrists and ankles
- Sudden weight loss
- Dry, cracked skin and lips
- Poor hygiene, unkempt appearance, and dirty room or bathroom
- Social withdrawal
- Reluctance to speak in front of caregivers
An elderly resident may be unwilling or physically or cognitively incapable of reporting their abuse.
Call or Contact an Everett Nursing Home Abuse Attorney at Wells Trumbull
When a nursing home fails to fulfill its legal duty of care to vulnerable residents, the elder and/or their close surviving family members have the right to demand financial accountability through a nursing home abuse claim against the administration. Contact an Everett nursing home abuse attorney at Wells Trumbull for a free consultation so we can demand justice for you or your loved one.