Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer

Representation of all Senior Life, Skilled Nursing, ALF Assisted Living Facility and Nursing Home Neglect Lawsuits and Legal Claims in Florida

Let’s get right to the point, Florida Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) and Skilled Nursing or Elder Care Centers are some of the most complex corporate structures that exist in Florida. Why? Most likely in part and over time, these corporations have developed business practices to assist and subvert our justice system against less sophisticated lawyers, estates, injured parties and claimants. The purposeful complex and multilayered corporate regime has been a part of the nursing home playbook for years. It’s not enough to be right in a Nursing Home Abuse case in Florida, you need to also be prepared, experienced, aggressive and even a little curious.

The Cost of Neglect in Florida Nursing Homes

Nothing can be taken for granted in these cases. Florida nursing home abuse lawyers are all too familiar with the extensive history of deceit, conspiracy, crime, trickery, and gamesmanship as they handle these cases both locally and nationally. The nursing home industry secures substantial financing, builds connections with political donors, and frequently benefits from legislative waivers and judicial leniency. We will work alongside you to level the playing field and give you the advantage of our experience both inside and outside the courtroom.

Florida Nursing Home Abuse cases can involve compensatory damages and punitive damages for Wrongful Death and Personal Injury for claims like:

Bed Sores and Rashes
Overmedication
Avoidable Falls and Subsequent Fractures
Dehydration
Malnutrition
Unexplained Bumps, Bruises, and Injuries

How do these injuries occur? Many Nursing Home and ALF Injury and Death cases are the fault of the actual physicians, doctors, and surgeons and may be the result of Medical Malpractice. Many more preventable tragedies, however, are sadly the result of the staff.

Common Causes of Injury and Neglect in Florida Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities

Typical reasons for injury and death caused by the staff at an ALF, Skilled Nursing, Senior Care or Nursing Home in Florida are Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training and Negligent Supervision:

Understaffing:

The harsh truth is that many of these facilities are run as for-profit corporations. Their decisions are often based on profits, not patients. In other words: cash over care. Understaffing takes several forms. The most obvious is simply not having enough employees to provide proper care or complete daily tasks. Another issue is assigning too much responsibility to underqualified staff. This often means relying on cheaper labor with less training and experience. Finally, some facilities hire individuals who are not competent, or who lack the judgment or ethics to make good decisions.

Undertraining:

Hiring more staff isn’t enough if they aren’t trained. Without proper training, care will suffer. Many facilities may have well-intentioned owners. But their management teams are often underfunded or unmotivated. As a result, they fail to keep up with essential training or new developments in elder care.

Lack of Supervision:

In many neglect cases, the problem isn’t just poor staffing, it’s poor oversight. We often see staff members who make up their own rules because no one is watching. With little to no supervision, dangerous decisions go unchecked. This is how neglect becomes routine.

If you feel like anything you have just read applies to your family member, do not delay, call us today 866-608-5529.

CAUTION – WARNING – We do NOT advise any existing Florida Nursing Home Abuse clients or families to contact any of the below State or Government Agencies. The below information, is only information, nothing more. Any and all legal issues related to your legal matter, no matter where in Florida or what legal stage your Florida Nursing Home or ALF Elder Neglect case is, these items MUST be discussed with our attorneys and investigators and ONLY with our office until and unless counseled otherwise.

The Florida ALF, Nursing Home and Skilled Nursing Facility Neglect lawyers at Whittel & Melton believe that an aggressive representation of a Florida Elder Abuse case include keeping our victims and families of the victim informed. The best place to begin, after consulting with our office, is to review what information is already in the public domain.

Below are some Florida web pages that may be useful in your Florida Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit Representation.