Chicago Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers
Demanding Justice After Nursing Home Neglect
Did you trust a nursing home in Chicago or Cook County, Illinois, to give your elderly loved one a safe, comfortable, and engaging place to call home? Were you shocked to learn that substandard care at that nursing home led to your loved one’s injury or neglect? You aren’t alone—and you have legal options to demand justice.
Come to Hilliard Law and speak with our Chicago nursing home abuse attorneys as soon as you think your loved one has been abused in a nursing home in the Cook County area. You could have the option to file an injury claim or lawsuit against the nursing home. If successful, your case could not only secure compensation and justice for your family but also create momentum that fuels real change in the safety protocols and management processes of that nursing home, hopefully preventing such abuse or neglect from hurting anyone else ever again.
We can handle claims filed against any nursing home or assisted living center serving Chicago, such as:
- Clarendale of Algonquin
- Buckingham Pavilion Nursing and Rehabilitation
- Avantara Lincoln Park
- Ascension Living Resurrection Village – Life Center
- The Selfhelp Home Senior Living Community
- The Pearl of Montclare
Handling a nursing home abuse claim while you are already trying to take care of your elderly loved one can be a challenge, so please let us help you by handing the case to our highly capable team of attorneys. Seniors deserve respect, care, and safety in nursing homes, and we’re willing to fight in court for it.
See how our Texas-tough trial lawyers can help with your Chicago nursing home abuse case today. Call and request a free case review.
What is Nursing Home Abuse?
Nursing home abuse is an act that causes harm (not limited to just physical harm) to an elderly person living in a nursing home or assisted living facility, especially when that act is carried out by a staff member of the nursing home. Both intentional and unintentional acts can lead to abuse, too. When the harm suffered by an elderly person or senior is serious, repetitive, or caused by administrative failures, it might form the grounds to file a lawsuit against the nursing home for failing to properly care for the victim.
According to the National Council on Aging (NCOA):
- About 10% of people aged 60 or older will experience some form of elder abuse each year, many in nursing home settings.
- At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, elder abuse reports increased (especially those related to nursing home care), and an estimated 20% of elderly people in nursing homes experienced some form of abuse.
- Only 4% of all incidents of elder abuse are reported to authorities.
The true extent of nursing home abuse is difficult to estimate, though. As mentioned, the vast majority of incidents likely never go reported, sometimes due to nursing home residents not knowing that they have the option to speak up. Another complication is that most cases remain confidential, so data and statistics are cloudy overall.
Types of Nursing Home Abuse
Although physical nursing home abuse is prevalent and dangerous, it is not the only kind of abuse that can be inflicted upon a nursing home resident. At Hilliard Law, we have the resources, experience, and insight needed to handle any nursing home case, regardless of the type of abuse that is in question.
Different types of nursing home abuse include:
- Physical: Striking, pushing, hitting, and otherwise attacking a nursing home resident
- Sexual: Sexually abusing or harassing a nursing home resident
- Financial: Stealing from or financially exploiting a nursing home resident
- Emotional: Insulting, belittling, manipulating, or otherwise hurting the mental state of a nursing home resident
- Social: Isolating a nursing home resident from healthy interactions with other residents
Is Nursing Home Neglect Different from Abuse?
Nursing home neglect is different from abuse in the way that abuse happens intentionally but neglect tends to happen unintentionally. The outcome is still the same: harm to an elderly person who deserved much better. For this reason, nursing home neglect can also be met with an injury claim or lawsuit.
Examples of nursing home neglect that can be harmful include failing to:
- Monitor entrances and exits, allowing nursing home residents to wander unsupervised
- Provide a nursing home resident with proper or prescribed medications
- Ensure a nursing home resident has enough food and water each day
- Keep the nursing home premises clean and hygienic
- Install and maintain handrails and other fixtures to reduce the risk of slip-and-fall accidents
- Prevent bedsores by frequently moving residents who mostly stay in bed
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