Nursing Home Abuse and Nursing Home Neglect Informational Resource
Nursing Home Abuse
Nursing Home Abuse, Assisted Living Facility Abuse and Residential Care Home Abuse have become a prevalent problem in our society. With the aging of the Baby Boomers, there has been an increased demand for these types of nursing home facilities. Industry projections are that the number of people requiring long-term care will double in the next two decades to nearly 14 million.
There are over 1.5 million seniors living in over 17,000 nursing homes across the country. In Texas there are over 1,200 nursing home or assisted living facilities with over 12,000 complaints filed with the Texas Department of Human Services each year.
Marian Rosen & Associates has represented and handled over 200 nursing home cases from Alaska, California, Wyoming, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Virginia, Alabama and Puerto Rico. Marian S. Rosen & Associates represents patients in nursing homes and loved ones and family members who have patients in nursing homes who have been injured or have developed illnesses as a result of neglect or abuse by the facility staff, including nurses and physicians.
Significant Recoveries
$1.8 million - fractured hip and nursing home neglect
$1.4 million - nursing home abuse
$850,000 - decubitus ulcer
$525,000 - urological problems
$180,000 - medication error
Client confidentiality prevents a description of each case
The Wall Street Journal stated that, "After handling her own mother's lawsuit against a nursing home in 1996, Ms. Rosen says, 'One thing I vowed to myself was that I was going to clean up the industry.'" Her cases ". . .make her one of the most active of lawyers suing nursing homes."
We understand the importance of your loved ones well being and have compiled the following information to assist you in Preventing nursing home abuse, Recognizing nursing home abuse and Stopping nursing home or assisted living facility abuse.
If you have a loved one that is or has been in a nursing home and has experienced any harm, we would be glad to look into the matter for you in order to determine if there is a claim under the law in your state for you or your family.
