If you’ve discovered bedsores on your parent or other loved one, a Columbus nursing home bedsores lawyer can help your loved one get compensation for the neglect they endured that led to the formation of the bedsores.
When you need a Columbus nursing home abuse lawyer, turn to the experienced team at Schenk Nursing Home Abuse Law.
Nursing home abuse is all we handle, so you’ll be hard-pressed to find another attorney with this specific type of experience to help your loved one receive justice.
How a Columbus Nursing Home Bedsores Attorney Can Help
Something you should know about our firm is that we focus on nursing home bedsores and other injuries our elderly loved ones are prone to because that is what we are most passionate about.
We’ll use that passion and experience to do the following things to help your loved one get the compensation they deserve.
Collect Evidence
Our founding attorney, Rob Schenk, along with the rest of our team, knows exactly where to find evidence that the nursing home’s neglect is what caused your loved one’s bedsores.
While the bedsores themselves are excellent evidence, we’ll need to show that chronic understaffing or another chronic problem at the facility caused those bedsores.
Prove Liability
To get justice and compensation for your loved one, we must be able to prove that:
- The nursing home or assisted living facility owed your loved one a duty of care
- They breached this duty of care by neglecting or abusing your loved one
- That breach caused or contributed to your loved one’s bedsores
- Your loved one suffered damages (including hospital bills or pain and suffering) as a result of that breached duty of care
Negotiate With the Nursing Home or Insurance Company
When you sue a nursing home, it’s usually their insurance carrier who ends up paying, and they’ll do everything they can to pay as little as possible.
Let us negotiate on your behalf so you can focus on ensuring your loved one is properly cared for at another facility.
Take the Case to Trial
We live for the courthouse, so if the nursing home’s insurance carrier refuses to offer a fair settlement, we’ll take the matter to court and show a jury why your loved one deserves compensation.
Get Maximum Compensation for You or Your Loved One
Whether it’s through a settlement or a court case, we’ll work hard to get maximum compensation for you or your loved one so you can both start moving forward.
For a free legal consultation with a nursing home bedsores lawyer serving Columbus, call
What Can Cause Bedsores in a Nursing Home?
Bedsores (pressure ulcers) are injuries to the skin and tissue under the skin caused by pressure on the skin for an extended time period.
People who struggle to change positions on their own need to have their position shifted regularly to prevent the formation of bedsores on areas of the body where skin and bone are next to each other, like:
- Elbows
- Hips
- Heels
- Ankles
- Back
Preventing Bedsores in Georgia Nursing Homes
Just because your loved one struggles with their mobility, that doesn’t mean they’re doomed to suffer from chronic or recurring bedsores. There are many ways to prevent bedsores, including:
- Regularly rotating patients: The best way to prevent bedsores is to change a person’s position every 15 minutes around the clock. Chronically understaffed nursing homes may not have time for this preventative care.
- Ensuring patients receive appropriate nutrition: Malnourished people are more susceptible to bedsores. If your loved one isn’t receiving proper nutrition for any reason, that could be a sign of negligence.
- Skin inspections: Frequent skin inspections can spot bedsores early before they can get worse or become infected. Bedsores shouldn’t have a chance to become severe before they’re even noticed.
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How Much does a Nursing Home Bedsores Lawyer in Columbus, GA Cost?
Nursing homes are already expensive, and added hospital bills from treating bedsores can make a person’s financial situation even worse.
That’s why we work on a contingency fee basis at Schenk Nursing Home Abuse Law.
We’ll take a percentage of the money we get for your loved one so you don’t have to reach into your pocket to pay us.
Schedule a Free Consultation with a Columbus Nursing Home Bedsores Lawyer
We’re very sorry to hear that you or your loved one have suffered from needless bedsores as a result of negligence in a nursing home or assisted living facility.
When you need a highly experienced Columbus nursing home bedsores lawyer, schedule a free consultation with Schenk Nursing Home Abuse Law.
We only handle nursing home abuse cases, so you can be certain we’re fully up to date on all the laws and regulations in this field of law. Let us put our passion for justice to work to get you or your loved one the compensation you deserve for the neglect or abuse suffered at the hands of a negligent nursing facility.
