Nursing Home Litigation

East Brunswick Nursing Home Litigation Attorney

Nursing Home Abuse - Nursing Home Neglect

Toll Free: 1.866.NJLAWFIRM

Located in East Brunswick, the nursing home litigation attorneys at Tortoreti, Tomes & Callahan, P.C. represent the elderly throughout New Jersey who are abused or neglected in a nursing home facility.

Every year, over one million instances of abuse occur in nursing homes and long term care facilities. Fortunately, the law allows for compensation for damages, providing monetary relief to abused residents or neglected residents, in emotional and tragic times. Although the Nursing Home Reform Act establishes standards that were to reform practices and procedures in nursing homes and improve care rendered to residents, injuries, and even wrongful death, still occur.

Nursing home abuse or nursing home neglect occurs in a variety of ways:

  • Physical abuse
  • Bed sores or pressure ulcers through neglectful care
  • Broken bones from fall downs due to improper assistance orders or neglectful assistance
  • Broken bones from falling out of bed due to failure to raise bed rails, or to utilize restraints
  • Medication errors
  • Malnutrition and dehydration
  • Infections
  • Sexual assault

Many of the injuries and deaths arising from this type of neglect can be prevented if the proper standards are followed. If a resident is accidentally injured or becomes unexpectedly ill, the staff is required to notify the family.

Here, at Tortoreti, Tomes & Callahan, P.C. we have compassion and concern for your elderly relative who is not just a nursing home resident, but was at one time someone’s baby and is still someone’s mother, father or sibling. We not only seek to obtain fair compensation for you, but will assist you in finding other resources to help in your elderly relative’s care.

If you believe you or a loved one or someone you know may have a nursing home abuse case, contact us, by phone at 1.866.NJLAWFIRM or 732.257.9100, email, or submit your case online.

For a checklist on what the United States Government recommends you ask a nursing home, view this document: www.medicare.gov/Nursing/Checklist.pdf.

Nursing Home residents also have certain rights. The nursing home is required to advise you of these rights in writing before you enter the nursing home:

  • Be Treated with Dignity and Respect
  • Be Informed of services and fees in writing before you enter
  • Manage your own money or choose someone else you trust to manage it for you
  • Have Privacy and keep and use your personal belongings and property
  • Be Informed about your medical conditions and medications
  • See your own doctor if you choose to
  • Refuse medications and treatment

The following are some helpful links on comparing Nursing Homes:

www.qualitycheck.org
www.healthgrades.com
www.retirementhomesite.com

If you believe you or a loved one or someone you know may have a medical malpractice case, contact us through email or by phone at 1.866.NJLAWFIRM. An attorney from our office will respond within 48 hours to any information submitted.

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Our Attorneys Have Aggressively Pursued Claims for the Injured
Since 1975

Tortoreti, Tomes & Callahan, P.C.
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Tel: 732.257.9100
Toll Free: 1.866.NJLAWFIRM

Tortoreti Tomes & Callahan, P.C. ● 150 B Tices Lane ● East Brunswick ● NJ 08816 ● Phone-732.257.9100 ● Fax-732.257.9012

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From our office in East Brunswick, New Jersey, the attorneys at Tortoreti, Tomes & Callahan, P.C. represents clients throughout the state of New Jersey, including the cities of East Brunswick, New Brunswick, Manalapan, Elizabeth, Newark, Paterson, Morristown, Somerville, Trenton, Toms River, Mount Holly, Mays Landing, Cranbury, Edison, Woodbridge, Piscataway, South Plainfield, Old Bridge, Freehold, Red Bank, Perth Amboy, Sayreville, Highland Park, and Iselin. Our experienced lawyers also assist clients throughout all of New Jersey's counties, including the following: Middlesex County, Monmouth, Mercer, Ocean, Morris, Essex, Passaic, Burlington, Atlantic, Hudson, Union, and Somerset Counties.