Paterson Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer

Over the last decade, a national epidemic of nursing home neglect and abuse cases has coincided with the rise of many for-profit owned centers and nursing home chains, leaving many traumatized nursing home abuse victims in its wake.

If your loved one has suffered from nursing home abuse (elder abuse), we encourage you to contact the affiliate New Jersey personal injury attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center, LLC at (800)-926-7565 (toll-free phone number).

Schedule a free consultation and a no-obligation free case evaluation today with our Paterson nursing home abuse lawyers to discuss how the nursing home can be held liable in a personal injury lawsuit and recover your economic damages through financial compensation.

Each nursing home abuse lawyer in our network is committed to holding negligent facilities in Paterson, NJ, accountable when their care results in an injury or death of a loved one.

If you want to seek justice when your family member has suffered nursing home abuse, contact legal counsel from our law firm today for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and recovering economic damages.

Paterson is the third-largest city in New Jersey and home to the nation's most significant percentage of disabled residents.

Medicare regularly releases publicly available data on every nursing facility in Paterson, New Jersey, based on information collected through inspections, surveys, and investigations.

Currently, the federal database reveals inspectors found severe deficiencies and violations at thirty-seven (16%) of the 228 Paterson, NJ nursing homes that provide substandard care, causing possible personal injury to residents.

The city of Paterson is part of the New York metropolitan area and is the seat of Passaic County and its largest city.

Its senior population represents nearly 9% of its 146,753 residents, and its ethnically and economically diverse population includes many Hispanic, Arab, and Muslim immigrants. Paterson, NJ, is home to the second-largest Islamic population in the United States. Its most prominent ethnic groups are Dominican Americans and Puerto Ricans.

It also has the most significant proportion of disabled residents of any municipality in the United States, with a population larger than 100,000. Approximately 30% of the male population and 29% of the female population has some form of physical or mental disability.

Seniors and disabled citizens are provided numerous services through the Passaic County Department of Senior Services, including meal programs, house cleaning services, certified home health aides, educational conferences, health fairs, social activities, outreach, in-home risk assessments, and care management services.

For more information, you can call (973) 881-4000 or contact the department via email (click here).

Our Paterson nursing home injury lawyers have gathered information about the most prominent nursing centers serving residents of Paterson, NJ. For more information about any of these facilities or centers that have not been listed, you can use the nursing homes compare tool offered by Medicare.

The primary purpose of this information is to raise awareness of the most common nursing home abuse concerns in the area and help you make more informed decisions regarding which nursing homes to place your loved one.

If you feel that your loved one's nursing home is offering substandard treatment, we can prevent the continuance of your loved one's abuse and possible personal injury. A nursing home abuse lawyer can assist you in their relocation to a facility that provides the higher quality care they deserve.

Was your loved one injured, mistreated, or died unexpectedly (wrongful death) from nursing home abuse and neglect while living in a nursing facility in New Jersey? Utilize our free consultation offer and allow an experienced attorney from our law firm to protect your legal rights.

A Paterson, NJ, nursing home abuse lawyer will always advise investigating any suspicions of New Jersey nursing home abuse by individual staff members. It is far safer to be proven wrong than to continue allowing your loved one to suffer.

Many clients tell us that something suddenly seemed off or their loved one is no longer themselves. When a family recognizes the many forms of nursing home abuse or neglect warning signs, they must take action, and the abusers must be held liable.

Malnutrition or Dehydration

One of the rights of the elderly in a nursing home is to receive adequate care and proper nutrition from staff members at the nursing home, and this includes three meals per day, with no more than 5 hours between the meals.

• Sudden weight loss and symptoms of malnutrition or dehydration are warning signals at any New Jersey nursing home.
• Symptoms could include fatigue, irritability, dizziness, confusion, fainting, and dark urine.

Physical Abuse

Any non-accidental physical injuries when force is used against a senior citizen or bodily harm results in:

• Pain
• Impairment
• Death
• Unexplained bruises
• Lacerations
• Cuts
• Broken bones

Psychological Abuse or Emotional Abuse

Any assault against the elderly individual's emotions or psyche leads to any level of emotional pain or distress.

• Signs include manipulation, intimidation, and emotional blackmail of the victim.
• Emotional abuse of a loved one also includes verbal abuse with shouting, humiliation, threats, ridicule, screaming, name-calling, and scapegoating the victim.

Sexual Abuse

• Any non-consensual sexual touch with or on the person of the victim could lead to injuries.
• Actual physical touch or action is not needed; the victim can be forced to watch pornographic material or sexual acts conducted by others.

Financial Abuse

Any unauthorized use of the money or property belonging to a loved one or mismanagement of their money or other assets. Look out for the following warning signs:

• Possessions that go missing
• Unexplained withdrawals from their bank account
• The victim has no access to any of their cash
• Unpaid resident fees
• Strange movements in investment portfolios

Social Isolation

Any action where the nursing home staff refuses to allow the residents of a nursing home access to:

• Senior services
• Support groups
• Senior companion
• Family and friends

HIPAA Violation

Any person exposing any nursing home resident's medical records or personal information violates federal laws regulating privacy policy procedures.

Bedsores

A common sign of elder abuse and negligence is bedsore injuries, easily prevented or treated merely by moving your loved one regularly and should never reach the point of an open wound injury.

Medication Dispensing Error

Your loved one is hospitalized due to a medication error that can result in sustained internal organ injury and constitutes elder abuse.

Negligence

Any failure of the staff in providing care and fulfilling their responsibilities through unintentional or intentional action:

• Denial of the necessary assistance, medical care, or treatments to a loved one in nursing homes
• When a resident is left to live in unsanitary conditions, and with poor hygiene, the staff is negligent regarding the resident's care
• Paterson nursing home residents were injured through medical malpractice where the doctor or nurses failed to provide appropriate care according to established standards

At-risk Residents Care Plan

Any Paterson nursing home patient injured or suffered a wrongful death from an avoidable fall because the nurses and medical workers failed to provide supervision or update the at-risk resident's Care Plan.

Nursing Home Law Center, LLC has helped thousands of clients like you to hold a negligent nursing home liable for elder abuse in a personal injury lawsuit. Accountability for the bodily or psychological harm of a loved one, resulting in substantial economic damages, caused by the nursing home’s:

• Inaction
• Poor quality of care
• Abusive behavior

If you believe your loved one is being mistreated at their nursing home, contact our legal counsel now at (800) 926-7565 (toll-free phone call) to arrange a free consultation and free case evaluation.

Once our nursing home abuse experienced attorneys have collected the information we need to get to work on your personal injury case, we will conduct a detailed investigation and let you know more about your legal options.

An experienced Paterson nursing home abuse lawyer will discuss your legal options for recovering economic damages through financial compensation in a personal injury claim. If our attorneys cannot help you recover compensation, you are assured that our services will be free of charge.

Contingency “No Win, No Fee” Guarantee

As super lawyers, we accept all nursing home abuse cases through contingency fee agreements. This arrangement ensures our law firm provides all the legal representation, advice, and counsel you require without paying an upfront fee.

Our "No-Win/No Fee Guarantee" ensures you will owe us nothing if we cannot successfully resolve your case.

All information you share in your free consultation with our nursing home abuse lawyer remains confidential through our attorney-client relationship.

Resources:

• WHO-Information About Elder Abuse
• NCLER-Older Adults Abuse