Nursing Home Abuse Neglect Lawyer Naperville IL

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Often when an elderly relative in a care facility gets injured, we are left wondering if the staff or facility could have taken action to prevent or minimize an illness or injury, such as falls or bedsores. When an adult child makes the tough decision to send a parent to a nursing home, the child should be able to trust that those managing the facility will take proper care of their loved one. Unfortunately, many nursing home residents suffer from abuse and neglect. For those individuals in the Chicagoland area who have experienced the trauma of nursing home abuse or neglect, The Law Offices of Konrad Sherinian will gladly assist you with properly handling a legal claim against those responsible for the poor treatment of your loved one.

Most commonly, legal claims against nursing homes fall into one of three categories: abuse, neglect, or medical malpractice. The federal government has provided a precise definition of nursing home abuse. According to 42 CFR § 488.301, abuse is defined as “the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain or mental anguish.” This definition of abuse can include physical abuse, mental abuse, and sexual abuse.

Neglect differs from abuse. Abuse implies that someone took direct action and intended to cause harm to a patient. Neglect, on the other hand, is the result of inaction or indifference. It is the result of negligence on the part of an individual or an organization. The appropriate legal standard for determining nursing home neglect is the reasonable caregiver standard, which asks whether the person in question acted in the same way that a reasonable caregiver under the circumstances would have acted.

Perhaps, the most common form of neglect in a nursing home is a failure to periodically turn a nursing home resident in bed who is unable to turn on his or her own. When that happens, the person may develop bedsores, which are also known as pressure sores or decubitus ulcer. Bedsores are lesions caused by unrelieved pressure on soft tissues overlying a bony feature. The pressure partially or completely obstructs the blood flow to the soft tissue, resulting in the death of the tissue. There are four stages of bedsores, depending on their severity. The most severe stage of such sores, Stage IV, is where the sore extends all the way into the muscle, tendon or even bone.

Medical malpractice cases arise in the nursing home context because health care providers and physicians play such an important role in the nursing home environment. Sometimes, substandard medical care is delivered because there are too few doctors and nurses in a particular nursing home to provide proper care. At other times, the doctors and nurses that are required to watch over nursing home residents simply do not provide the quality care expected of them and their actions can then become the basis for a medical malpractice or medical error claim.

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If you believe that a loved one at a nursing facility is being neglected or abused, it is likely that other residents are also being abused or neglected. Let our experienced team guide you through the maze to determine if abuse, neglect, or medical malpractice occurred. There are time limits on these claims, so do not delay. Contact The Law Offices of Konrad Sherinian today for a free consultation at (630) 318-2606. You can trust our firm to guide you through this difficult time and to fight for the justice you deserve.

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No patient should have to suffer the consequences of a negligent healthcare professional. We take your medical malpractice case very seriously, and can only imagine the strife you may be feeling.

If you are interested in learning about what your options are and if you believe you have a strong case, please call us today. An attorney can provide you the guidance you need if you are interested in filing a medical malpractice claim.

If you have lost a loved one due to another’s negligence, you will need a wrongful death lawyer Chicago IL trusts on your side. The Law Offices of Konrad Sherinian, LLC has the necessary know how and aggressive attitude to help you get justice. Whether you talk to us or not, however, when you have lost a loved one and you suspect another is at fault, it is crucial that you seek legal advice from a wrongful death lawyer, right away. Losing a loved one is such a saddening and harsh reality to handle but it becomes more traumatizing when your loved one lost her (or his) life unexpectedly due to another’s negligent act.

A wrongful death lawyer can help if your loved one’s wrongful death was caused due to various negligent acts, such as an unintentional injury, a slip and fall accident, a motor vehicle accident, a faulty product, an unintentional poisoning or drowning. According to a 2010 study conducted by the Center for Disease Control, there are about 120,000 people who died due to an unintentional injury or accident, which makes it the 5th leading reason for death in the United States. Motor vehicle accidents, including motorcycle, car, and truck accidents are the highest cause of wrongful deaths by unintentional injuries, followed by unintentional falls and unintentional poisoning.

Medical malpractice is another very common reason behind wrongful death, and causes approximately 98,000 deaths each year which makes it a 6th leading cause of wrongful deaths in the United States. Other causes behind wrongful death are considered criminal or intentional, and violent acts e.g. homicide.

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