Utah Nursing Home Abuse Attorneys

Salt Lake City Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers

In addition to litigating medical malpractice claims, the attorneys at Eisenberg Gilchrist & Morton in Salt Lake City, Utah, actively represent the elderly and their families in Utah nursing home abuse cases. Our personal injury law firm has the financial and staffing capability to effectively defend the right of your loved ones to receive quality nursing home care.

Elderly abuse occurs whenever professionals entrusted with the support and supervision of elderly people fail to care for them properly, causing a significant decline in their well-being. In this way, many instances of nursing home abuse parallel the cases of medical malpractice that involve professional negligence. Our attorneys in Utah can help those who have been harmed by the mistreatment and poor living conditions present in many continuing care facilities.

There are several ways in which the residents of a nursing home may be abused. They can be subject to physical, psychological, emotional, or financial abuse as well as to neglect or abandonment. Signs of nursing home abuse include scars, burns, cuts, malnourishment, changes in behavior, or caregivers refusing to allow you to visit with your loved ones alone. As with medical malpractice, victims may hold their caregivers responsible for personal injury, and our attorneys in Utah can help you do so.

Because many elderly care facilities, including those throughout Salt Lake City, employ staff members that are under-qualified and overworked, abuse in these environments is more common than most would expect. Our nursing home abuse lawyers can help you determine whether the professionals charged with the care of your loved one have failed to live up to their obligations and are liable for damages in a court of law.

If a family member has died in a nursing home and you believe it to be the fault of the staff, our wrongful death lawyers can investigate the circumstances surrounding your loss and determine whether you are eligible to file a wrongful death lawsuit.

Please contact our personal injury lawyers if someone you love has been neglected or abused in a nursing home. Our medical malpractice attorneys in Salt Lake City, Utah, can help the victims of nursing home abuse regain control over their lives. By holding perpetrators of abuse responsible for their actions, our lawyers aim to restore the sense of respect and autonomy to which everyone, especially the elderly, are entitled.