Federal Investigators have recently reported that over 90 percent of nursing homes were cited for violations of Federal Health and Safety Standards. That report stated that a substantial percent of the residents were actually harmed or placed in substantial jeopardy, thus, were victims of nursing home negligence or abuse.

Our lawyers have years of experience representing injured victims. They have successfully handled a substantial number of cases for the elderly, injured while residents of nursing homes. This experience will be used to critically analyze your case.

Abuse of the elderly can be:
• physical (e.g., pushing, hitting, unnecessary restraints)
• emotional (e.g., humiliation, taunting, scolding)
• sexual (molestation, rape)
• medical/nursing negligence
• infections
• bedsores
• medication errors
• failure to transport
• injury from falls
• financial (e.g., tricking the elderly out of their assets)

Most elderly patients do not speak out about nursing home negligence, because they are afraid of making it worse or because they do not want to burden their families. In some cases, elderly patients are not able to speak out because of physical or mental disabilities. As family and friends of the elderly, it is our job to look for signs of nursing home negligence such as:

• physical negligence (disregard for living necessities such as dirty sheets, towels,
or clothing)
• medical negligence (lack of care for existing medical problems; wrong doses of
medication)
• dehydration, malnutrition and bedsores
• unsanitary living conditions
• infections

Nursing home abuse and neglect are illegal in Ohio and every other state. Contact ourOhio Nursing Home Negligence Attorneys if you suspect or know that your elderly loved one has suffered elderly abuse in a public or private Ohio facility for elder care. They will protect the legal rights of the injured and help you obtain a fair legal remedy.