Richmond Nursing Home Abuse Attorney

Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Can Take Many Forms and Cause Severe Injuries

Whether through physical or emotional mistreatment, withholding of basic needs, untrained staff, or chronic understaffing, this inexcusable nursing home negligence often goes undetected by victims unable to effectively voice the injustices they are enduring.

The insidious nature of this abuse towards our most vulnerable loved ones manifests itself in many forms. Our team of nursing home abuse and neglect attorneys can investigate your case to gather evidence of negligence.

Physical Abuse and Mistreatment

Perhaps the most appalling form of nursing home negligence is the infliction of direct physical abuse, such as improper restraint use, withholding vital medications, and other acts of violence against defenseless residents. Tragically, many victims lack the capability to report these traumatic offenses.

Emotional Abuse and Psychological Neglect

Verbal aggression, intimidation tactics, persistent humiliation, and the ongoing infliction of mental anguish represent similarly egregious breaches of human dignity perpetrated against nursing home residents. This mistreatment often flies under the radar, steadily eroding victims’ emotional well-being.

Basic Needs Deprivation

Even if overt acts of abuse are not present, nursing homes can still fall shockingly short through consistent patterns of depriving basic human needs and requirements. This includes failures to adequately feed, hydrate, toilette, turn/reposition, or provide the essential care and hygiene that all residents fundamentally deserve.

Untrained, Unqualified Staff

To maximize profits, some negligent nursing home operators choose to dramatically understaff their facilities while employing unlicensed, untrained personnel to handle complex personal care duties they are clearly unqualified to perform safely and responsibly. This willful indifference enables a culture of substandard care, taking a severe toll on resident health.

Unsanitary, Hazardous Conditions

Be it a lack of reasonable clinical safeguards, squalid living conditions, fire hazards, patient health violations, or the facilitation of resident abuse and theft – upholding an undeniably hazardous environment represents a blatant disregard for the well-being of captive nursing home residents.

With cognitive disabilities, profound physical limitations, fear of retaliation, and various other socio-economic factors often restricting a victim’s ability to self-report–the bulk of this reprehensible nursing home mistreatment gets trapped in the shadows. It requires a legal ally to properly investigate and expose these injustices.

Filing an Insurance Claim or Lawsuit for Nursing Home Abuse

When evidence of nursing home abuse, neglect, or substandard care surfaces, families have two main legal resources for seeking accountability and recovery of damages—filing an insurance claim or a formal lawsuit against all negligent parties.

A Richmond nursing home abuse lawyer from McCoy & Hiestand will meticulously evaluate every detail of your loved one’s mistreatment to determine the most appropriate path for maximizing compensation and delivering justice.

Insurance Claim Process

Most long-term care facilities must carry liability insurance. When abuse or neglect occurs, our attorney can initiate the process by:

• Properly filing a claim with evidence of damages
• Handling all communications with the insurer and the liable party
• Negotiating to maximize the settlement amount

Having legal representation levels the playing field and ensures your rights are protected.

Filing a Civil Lawsuit

If settlement negotiations stall or the abuse warrants broader legal accountability, your lawyer will advise filing a formal nursing home abuse and negligence lawsuit seeking compensatory and punitive damages. This court action involves:

• Identifying and naming all liable parties (facility, staff, owners, etc.)
• Compiling records, staff interviews, expert testimony
• Calculating and demanding appropriate damages at trial
• Arguing before a judge and jury to establish negligence

Maximizing your recovery may involve both an insurance claim and a lawsuit to facilitate the highest financial compensation.

Our Richmond Nursing Home Abuse Attorneys Can Meet Your Legal Deadline

In Kentucky, there is a one-year statute of limitations for filing a nursing home abuse lawsuit, per Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.140(1). This underscores the urgency of contacting McCoy & Hiestand at the first sign of mistreatment – as exhaustive investigations and court filings can take months of preparation.

Our legal team can ensure your rights are fully protected by meeting all statutes of limitations and court-imposed filing deadlines. Do not delay taking action and jeopardize your ability to recover damages.

An experienced Richmond nursing home abuse attorney will leave no stone unturned pursuing both insurance claims and lawsuits to achieve full justice for your loved one.

Potential Compensation for Nursing Home Abuse Victims

When nursing home negligence occurs, victims and their families may be entitled to significant financial compensation for the profound damages inflicted. An experienced Richmond nursing home abuse lawyer will vigorously pursue recovery of both economic and non-economic damages, including:

• Medical expenses for additional treatment
• Costs of relocating to a new facility
• The victim’s mental anguish, pain and suffering
• Diminished quality of life

If your loved one suffered fatal injuries due to nursing home abuse or neglect, our Richmond wrongful death lawyers can fight for justice. While you grieve in peace with your family, we can fight for awards to cover funeral services and end-of-life medical treatment.

Call McCoy & Hiestand to Begin Working With Our Richmond Nursing Home Abuse Team

We understand that nothing is more important than your family. That’s why we offer our legal representation on contingency. You can afford to hire our Richmond nursing home abuse attorneys to seek the justice and compensation your loved one deserves.

Call us now to begin the legal process and safeguard your rights to hold a negligent party accountable. We can start working on your case immediately after your free consultation.