San Diego Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer

Pressure Sores    •   Falls    •    Weight Loss / Dehydration    •   Other Injuries

If your loved one has been injured by neglect or abuse in a nursing home or care facility, I can help you. I'm San Diego nursing home abuse lawyer Joel R. Bryant, and I have successfully handled many cases in which elderly victims have been seriously injured or died in a California nursing home due to:

1. Pressure sores (bedsores or decubitus ulcers).
2. A fall causing a broken bone, other serious injury, or death.
3. Weight loss, malnutrition, and/or dehydration.
4. Injury or accident resulting from inadequate supervision of a confused or mentally impaired elder, so that they wander away or wander into danger in the nursing home
5. Intentional physical or sexual abuse, such as beating, rough handling, or molesting.
6. Any other neglect or harm causing injury or death that the nursing home could have prevented.

I offer a no-charge consultation and accept Injury cases on contingency, meaning my fees are paid only from the money I recover by settlement or in court; otherwise, there is no fee. If you need a California nursing home abuse attorney, I can help you. Please call me today at (619) 239-7900 for your no-charge consultation.

Pressure Sores

I have successfully handled cases where elderly persons have suffered serious pressure sores, leading to pain, infection, and even death. Pressure sores (bedsores or decubitus ulcers) are open sores on the skin caused by constant pressure of a bed or chair on the same areas of the skin - typically, on the hips, lower back, and heels.

Pressure sores are caused by poor nursing care: failure to frequently turn and reposition bedridden patients, and to limit the time an elder spends sitting if they cannot shift their weight or get up easily. Malnutrition and dehydration will worsen pressure sores and are additional signs of elder abuse through neglect. If your loved one has developed pressure sores in a nursing home or care facility, please call me at (619) 239-7900, extension 113. I can help you.

Falls Causing Bone Breaks, Injury, Death

I have also recovered compensation for victims in cases where an elderly person has been seriously injured or even died after falling in a nursing home or care facility . A fall may also signal nursing home neglect by:

1. Staff not helping a frail, confused, or medicated person to walk
2. Dangerous conditions at the facility, such as wet floors, poor lighting, lack of bed rails, clutter, beds too high
3. Faulty or poorly chosen wheelchairs, walkers, canes, shoes
4. Poor technique in transferring elderly persons between beds and chairs
5. Restricted opportunities for walking and other simple exercise, so the elder person develops muscle weakness that leads to a fall

If your loved one has been seriously injured or died because of a fall in a nursing home, I can help you. Please call me at (619) 239-7900 for a no-charge consultation.

Weight Loss, Malnutrition and/or Dehydration

I also handle cases where a nursing home resident was injured or died because they did not get enough food, water, or help in eating and drinking. This happens because of understaffing, and/or failure of the staff to pay attention to the nutritional needs of the elderly patients, and/or inadequate training of the staff on nutritional needs and feeding methods. The result is that the elderly person lacks the nutrition needed to fight illness and disease. They may lose weight, develop pneumonia or bedsores, suffer from infections, or even die.

If your loved one has lost weight or become dehydrated, and their health has then worsened or they have died, I can help you. For more information or a no-charge consultation, please call me at (619) 239-7900.

Inadequate Supervision Resulting in Wandering With Injury or Death

A nursing home must provide adequate supervision for a confused or mentally impaired elder, so they do not wander away from the home or encounter a dangerous situation in the nursing home. Accidents, drowning, heatstroke, hypothermia, falls, burns, and other injuries may result from lack of supervision, or from lack of safety precautions such as alarms and door locks at "secure" facilities.

If your loved one was confused or mentally impaired, and was seriously injured or died as a result of inadequate supervision in a nursing home, please call me for a no-charge consultation at (619) 239-7900, extension 113. I understand and have successfully handled this type of case, and I can help you.

Intentional Physical or Sexual Abuse

I also handle cases where nursing home staff or a stranger (including a poorly-supervised visitor or an intruder) has intentionally used physical force that injured an elder. The law forbids such physical abuse, which includes hitting, shoving, kicking, being intentionally rough during bed-to-chair transfers, force-feeding causing choking, and other similar conduct.

I also accept cases of sexual abuse of an elder either by staff or by a stranger who enters the facility due to inadequate security. Sexual abuse is any unwanted sexual conduct, including touching, molesting, and rape. Even if the elder person does not complain due to shame, fear, or confusion, they have the right to be free of sexual abuse. The nursing home can be held legally responsible if it failed to screen or supervise abusive staff, or to provide sufficient building security to prevent entry by abusive outsiders.

If you suspect physical or sexual abuse, please call me at (619) 239-7900 for a no-charge consultation. In addition to advising you on the victim's rights to compensation, I will also advise you on how to involve Adult Protective Services and/or the police to immediately stop the abuse.

Other Neglect or Harm Causing Serious Injury or Death

I also handle other cases of serious injury or death by an elder in a nursing home or other care facility. If you have any questions, please just call me at (619) 239-7900 for a no-charge consultation.

How I Can Help You in a Nursing Home Abuse Case

Many claims or nursing home abuse are due to under-staffing and the desire to maximize profit at the expense of the quality patient care promised. I have extensive experience in handling elder abuse cases and will diligently and aggressively seek to obtain compensation for the victim (or their heirs, if the victim has died) and hold the wrongdoers responsible for their misconduct. When you retain me for a nursing home abuse case, you receive:

• My personal handling of your case, with sixteen years of legal experience, and a track record of success in nursing home injury compensation.
• A no-charge initial telephone consultation.
• Fees paid only from the money I recover in court or by settlement.
• A complete explanation of my services, fees, and related costs (such as court filing fees) in a written agreement for you to review and sign before you hire me.
• Meetings as needed at my firm's freeway-accessible offices in San Diego or Riverside, or other convenient location. I also offer evening and weekend appointments for clients who need them.
• Prompt and thorough factual and legal rights investigation to determine the nature and extent of the elder person's injuries, what caused the injuries, who is responsible, and the potential for recovering compensation.
• Critical evaluation of the conduct of the nursing home, its staff, and the conduct of the company that owns or manages the nursing home.
• Thorough preparation and aggressive representation at all stages of litigation, including trial or settlement and appeal.
• I guarantee the high quality of my work and my dedication to fighting hard and to seeking the best possible outcome for the victim (or their heirs), given the applicable law and facts.

I handle cases throughout all of Southern California, including the counties of San Diego, Riverside, Imperial, Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, and San Bernardino. I look forward to discussing your case with you and would be glad to provide you with any additional information about my services you need.

How to Contact Joel R. Bryant

For more information or an appointment, please call me at (619) 239-7900, extension 113.  I will respond as quickly as possible.

You may also use the form below to contact me. I answer this form Monday through Friday, during the working day. (There may be a short delay if I am in court.) Please remember that for me to become your attorney , we must first have a written attorney-client agreement signed by both of us. I look forward to helping you.

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