New York & New Jersey Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect Lawyer
Seeing warning signs like new bedsores, repeated falls, sudden weight loss, dehydration, over-sedation, or poor hygiene. Your family has the right to answers, safety, and compensation for preventable harm. We handle nursing home abuse and neglect cases throughout New York and New Jersey.
Your Rights After Nursing Home Abuse or Neglect
Residents are entitled to safe care, dignity, and timely medical attention. Facilities must prevent avoidable injuries and follow care plans. If a facility fails to protect your loved one, a New York nursing home abuse lawyer can pursue compensation and accountability in court.
Types of Nursing Home Cases We Handle
- Bedsores and infection from neglect
- Falls, fractures, and poor supervision
- Dehydration, malnutrition, and medication errors
- Physical, emotional, or sexual abuse
- Elopement and wandering, unsafe staffing, failure to monitor
- Wrongful death tied to preventable injuries
How we prove your case
Strong nursing home cases turn on preserved evidence and a clear record of care, staffing, and compliance history. Deadlines are strict, generally three years in New York and two years in New Jersey, and some public facilities require a notice within 90 days. Potentially responsible parties can include the facility, its management and ownership, staffing agencies, and outside medical providers.
Compensation we pursue
You can seek compensation for medical treatment and rehabilitation, pain and suffering, loss of dignity, and, in fatal cases, wrongful death damages. Punitive damages may be available for reckless or intentional conduct.
Service Area
We serve New York City (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island), White Plains/Westchester, Long Island, and communities across New Jersey. If you need a nursing home injury lawyer New York or a nursing home abuse attorney New Jersey, we handle cases across both states.
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Bedsores and Infections in Long-Term Care
Pressure injuries are often preventable with turning, nutrition, hydration, and wound care. Advanced bedsores, sepsis, or osteomyelitis can signal systemic neglect. If this happened, an NYC nursing home abuse lawyer can help you pursue answers and compensation.
Falls, Fractures, and Poor Supervision
Falls are a leading cause of injury and death in facilities. Care plans must address fall risk, alarms, and supervision. Repeated falls, hip fractures, or head injuries suggest inadequate staffing or monitoring. A NJ & NY nursing home neglect attorney can investigate liability and available coverage.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What are common warning signs?
Unexplained falls, new bedsores, sudden weight loss, dehydration, repeated infections, over-sedation, fearfulness, or major changes in behavior.
Do arbitration agreements stop a lawsuit?
Not necessarily. Many are optional, narrow, or unenforceable. Do not sign new paperwork and bring us what was signed so we can review it.
How fast should we act?
Immediately. Records can change, cameras overwrite, and strict deadlines may apply, especially with public facilities.