Tampa Nursing Home Neglect Attorneys
The Distasio Law Firm is committed to representing elderly people and dependent adults who have been victims of nursing home neglect in Tampa and surrounding areas. At the Distasio Law firm, we empathize with those who have unjustly suffered in the hands of nursing home staff, nursing home administrators, in-home caregivers, hospitals, and other types of medical providers. This is why our Tampa nursing home neglect legal team is dedicated to alleviating our clients’ pain and suffering by recovering monetary compensation for both their injuries and emotional trauma.
Types of Neglect
Nursing home neglect occurs when people such as nursing home staff, nursing home administrators, in-home caregivers, hospitals, and other medical providers do not provide adequate physical and mental care for their elderly or dependant adult patients. When people commit nursing home neglect, they fail to protect the well-being of the patients in their care.
Unfortunately, numerous elderly people and dependant adults are victims of nursing home neglect, which tends to be either medical or physical. When a person is neglected, he/she may not even realize it at first, but the warning signs may become apparent to his/her friends and family, who may choose to intervene. Before intervening, it is a wise idea for friends and family of the elderly or dependent patient to identify which type of neglect their loved one is suffering from.
Medical Neglect
Medical neglect is defined as a type of maltreatment that occurs when medical care providers fail to provide adequate medical treatment or prescriptions. Medical neglect also occurs when medical providers deprive or deny patients of proper medical care or attention. This form of neglect is physically, mentally, and emotionally harmful for any person and can lead to: the worsening of the person’s current medical symptoms, the development of new medical symptoms, the person incurring an injury, or the person being emotionally and mentally traumatized.
Examples of medical neglect include:
- failing to provide proper medical attention
- failing to provide prescription medication
- over medicating a person
- under medicating a person
- failure to diagnose symptoms
- failure to treat evident symptoms
Physical Neglect
Physical neglect is defined as the failure to provide healthcare or the denial of healthcare. Physical neglect also includes inadequate supervision of the elderly or dependant person, ignoring the elderly or dependant person’s physical needs, or abandoning the elderly or dependant person altogether. When a person is subjected to physical neglect, it is very likely that he/she will incur great harm that is physical, mental, and emotional. Victims of physical neglect are also likely to be injured, malnourished, or ill.
Examples of physical neglect include:
- failure to help people with their hygiene
- failure to remove hazardous conditions that could lead to the person being injured
- failure to change the person’s bedding
- failure to change the person’s clothes
- failure to feed the person
- failure to hydrate the person
Nursing Home Neglect & Your Legal Options
If you or a family member is a victim of nursing home neglect, it is important that you speak with a qualified nursing home neglect attorney immediately. You should never tolerate neglect from any medical care provider or nursing home. By working closely with a Tampa nursing home neglect lawyer, you can end the cycle of neglect and possibly recover damages for the physical, mental, and emotional pain and suffering you have endured.
Tampa Nursing Home Neglect Law Firm
The Distasio Law Firm represents numerous people who have been victims of nursing home neglect. At the Distasio Law Firm, we pride our selves in providing our clients with the compassion, guidance, and representation they need to be successful with their nursing home neglect cases.
Contact the Distasio Law Firm today for your initial consultation by calling 1-800-790-3504!
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