Olympia Nursing Home Abuse Attorney

How Ron Meyers & Associates Can Help

Attorneys Ron Meyers, Matthew G. Johnson, and Tim Friedman are dedicated advocates for injured people. They are skilled at gaining compensation for injured persons when neglect is a factor, as it is in vulnerable adult abuse cases. Substandard care, inadequate staffing, and poor maintenance of facilities contribute to many of the serious problems facing elderly patients. A slip and fall accident, physical, mental, or emotional abuse, and poorly trained caretakers can create a deadly outcome for patients. Ron Meyers & Associates can also help advise you on:

• how to choose a nursing home for your loved one,
• signs of nursing home abuse or neglect,
• questions to ask an attorney about nursing home abuse or neglect,
• is my loved one ready for a nursing home?

We also have information on:

• failure to seek consultation with a specialist,
• failure to chart, monitor, assess and report changes of condition,
• medication errors,
• failure to treat pain,
• improper nutrition or hydration,
• weight loss,
• nursing home residents’ rights,
• financial abuse of seniors,
• services offered by nursing homes

Ron Meyers & Associates works on cases outside of the Olympia area. We are willing to travel to cities that are farther away, such as Aberdeen and Hoquiam, and any closer city such as nearby Chehalis, Yelm, and Centralia.

Securing Your Loved One’s Safety and Protection in Olympia, WA

If you believe your loved one is in immediate danger, call 911 to report the problem and have your loved one removed from the nursing home as soon as possible.

This might be the case if you suspect physical or sexual abuse or any other acts that might cause imminent harm. If immediate danger is not present, do not call 911. Instead, contact the police by calling the nearest police station.

Reporting the Abuse or Neglect to the Nursing Home Director

Bring your concerns to the attention of the nursing home staff. If it’s a single individual or a small group of individuals who are behaving badly, the nursing home may be able to address it and put a stop to it. This may be more difficult if it’s an institutional problem or there is a large group of individuals abusing or neglecting nursing home residents.

But even if the nursing home is able to terminate the perpetrator and otherwise remedy the situation, still report the abuse or neglect to an appropriate state agency. In Washington State, families can call the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services at anytime to file a complaint. Families can also report suspected elder abuse to the Adult Protective Services (APS).

Speak with an attorney about the channels through which you can report the abuse and seek justice for your loved one.

Filing a Lawsuit Against the Nursing Home in Olympia, WA

After you have taken the actions necessary to report the abuse to the appropriate agencies and secure your loved one’s immediate safety, you may consider taking legal action against the nursing home.

For example, you may pursue compensation for medical bills your loved one incurred to treat injuries related to physical abuse. Similarly, any costs associated with mental health treatment to address harm related to emotional abuse may be recoverable. Pain and suffering and other damages might also be recoverable if you pursue legal action against the nursing home.

To prove abuse or neglect at a nursing home you need to establish three things.

1. Factual evidence that the abuse took place
2. The abuse caused your loved one harm
3. Your loved one suffered damages as a result of the harm

If your loved one died because of nursing home abuse or neglect, you may pursue a wrongful death claim.

Did you Acquire Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus  / MRSA / Staph Infection in a Nursing Home?

Staph infections, which often occur when Staphylococcus bacteria come into contact with small cuts in the skin, are a significant concern for affected individuals. Some forms of staph infection are relatively mild, but in the majority of circumstances, a staph infection can cause serious medical consequences which require immediate attention. Some forms of MRSA Staph infections are a common concern for nursing home patients, who may have intravenous surgical lines and incision sites which are susceptible to infection.

Olympia Nursing Home Neglect or Abuse

Caring for aging parents at home is not always an option for adult children. People depend upon nursing homes and elder care facilities to give proper treatment to their loved ones. When caretakers at nursing homes and long-term care facilities fail to do so, results can be disastrous for patients. Your elderly loved ones may become abused, injured, starved or given the wrong medications, all of which cause harm, pain and suffering.

Nursing home neglect or abuse is a situation that requires prompt attention by experienced personal injury and wrongful death lawyers. Elder care facilities and caretakers are regulated by the government to help make nursing home care beneficial and helpful. When care is substandard or poor, patients suffer needlessly. They may be injured, abused or even die from bad treatment in a nursing home. Our trial attorneys are highly skilled in this area of personal injury law, and we have helped hundreds of clients get fair compensation for medical bills and other economic losses caused by nursing home neglect or abuse.