San Diego Nursing Home Abuse Attorney

About Nursing Home Negligence and Abuse

What is nursing home negligence or abuse? These are two situations wherein an elderly patient or resident of a nursing home or assisted living facility is mistreated or is not properly cared for. Nursing home negligence typically refers to situations where the elderly patient does not receive proper care, and may be related to medical malpractice, malnutrition or dehydration. Nursing home abuse, on the other hand, typically refers to situations that involve physical abuse, sexual abuse and other types of intentional misconduct. Regardless of whether abuse or neglect is the foundation of maltreatment at a San Diego nursing home, the results may be grave.

Fortunately, a San Diego nursing home abuse attorney can help.

When to Involve a San Diego Nursing Home Neglect Lawyer

From the moment that you first suspect that nursing home neglect or abuse is occurring, you may wish to consider involving a lawyer. Although you may only have a suspicion of wrongdoing at first, you will need to investigate the matter further to establish whether you have grounds for a lawsuit against the San Diego nursing home. From your first consultation, a lawyer can start answering your questions and can conduct an initial review of what is occurring to determine whether a full investigation is warranted. A lawyer can also advise you on what to do right now to help stop the abuse from continuing to occur.

At Pacific Attorney Group, our goal is to help victims of nursing home abuse throughout San Diego. We want to help our clients first stop the abuse and then take legal action to hold the facility fully responsible for negligence, abuse, or neglect.

Contact a San Diego nursing home abuse attorney at our law offices to talk about your particular case and what we can do to help you.