Has someone you love been abused or neglected at a nursing home in Provo, Utah? Call Parker & McConkie Personal Injury Lawyers. The abusive caretakers and nursing facility must be held accountable. Our Provo nursing home abuse lawyers can help you demand justice and fight for the compensation your family deserves.
For more than 45 years, families in Provo have trusted Parker & McConkie Personal Injury Lawyers to level the playing field against powerful nursing homes, insurance companies, and government agencies. Collectively, we have more than a century of experience litigating important personal injury disputes for clients like you. Our case results include hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements and jury awards.
Trust our award-winning Utah trial attorneys to help win your nursing home abuse lawsuit, too. We offer a free consultation. Call our law office in Provo, UT, at (801) 876-4107 today to learn more.
How Parker & McConkie Personal Injury Lawyers Can Help Victims of Nursing Home Abuse in Provo, UT
You trusted the nursing home to keep your aging or disabled family member safe. You trusted the caretakers to look after them with compassion and integrity. Now, you’ve discovered this trust has been violated and that your loved one has suffered unimaginable harm. Worse, the nursing home is refusing to admit wrongdoing or that they bear any responsibility for your family member’s injuries and suffering.
Don’t let them off the hook without consequences. Instead, force them to make things right by hiring an experienced Provo personal injury lawyer to handle your nursing home abuse lawsuit.
Choosing Parker & McConkie Personal Injury Lawyers means working with trusted Utah litigators with a multi-million-dollar track record of success. Our client-driven practice and undeniable ability to win tough cases have earned us the respect and recognition of top legal organizations, including Super Lawyers, the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the National Trial Lawyers, and Thomson Reuters.
We can offer the powerful, educated, resource-driven representation your family will need to take on a nursing facility in Provo and win.
Count on us to:
- Coordinate a thorough investigation into the allegations of nursing home abuse and/or neglect
- Gather evidence to support your case, which might include medical records, nursing home records, financial records, witness statements, photographs, caretaker records, and other reports of misconduct or abuse
- Consult specialists and professionals whose expertise can benefit your nursing home abuse case
- Evaluate your damages and determine what your personal injury case is worth
- File your nursing home abuse lawsuit with the local Utah County court clerk
- Continually work to secure a maximum settlement offer during negotiations with the nursing home, its insurance company, and other parties
- Reject low settlements and take your nursing home abuse lawsuit to court, if necessary
The consequences of elder abuse and neglect can have ripple effects across your family’s life. Even if your family member isn’t harmed physically, the financial and emotional repercussions can be devastating.
Our Utah nursing home abuse attorneys in Provo are ready to stand beside your family and demand that the nursing facility be held accountable. We’ll represent you on a contingent basis, too, so it’ll cost nothing until we’ve won compensation for your family.
Contact us today to set a time for a free case evaluation. Members of our personal injury law firm in Provo can always take your call.
What Is Nursing Home Abuse?
Nursing home abuse is defined as “the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation or cruel punishment with resulting physical harm, pain, or mental anguish or deprivation by a person, including a caregiver, of goods or services that are necessary to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness.”
Put more simply, nursing home abuse occurs when a caretaker intentionally causes a resident to suffer physical injuries, emotional distress, or other harm.
Nursing home abuse is much more common than most might think. According to the World Health Organization, two-thirds of nursing home staff admit to abusing a resident. However, it’s usually the resident’s word against the caretaker’s, so many instances of nursing home abuse likely go unreported.
What Are the Different Types of Nursing Home Abuse?
Nursing home residents can experience abuse in a variety of ways. In fact, there are five main categories of nursing home abuse: physical, emotional, financial, sexual, and neglect.
- Physical nursing home abuse involves causing or allowing a nursing home resident to suffer physical harm, typically through hitting, pushing, shoving, or using unnecessarily tight restraints.
- Emotional nursing home abuse occurs when a caretaker uses actions, threats, or words to cause a resident to suffer psychological harm or trauma.
- Financial nursing home abuse involves depriving a resident of their rightful assets and property, typically through identity theft, misappropriation of funds, or theft of goods.
- Sexual nursing home abuse occurs when a resident is forced to engage in and/or watch sexual activity without their consent.
- Nursing home neglect occurs when a resident’s needs – including food, water, medication, and medical care – are ignored or purposely withheld.
While each type of nursing home abuse will have its own unique signs and symptoms, some indicators of abuse are more common than others.
Signs of nursing home abuse and neglect often include:
- Physical injuries, including broken bones, bruises and contusions, cuts and lacerations, soft tissue injuries, and nerve damage
- Fear, anxiety, depression, and other signs of emotional distress, especially in the presence of caretakers
- Bedsores
- Refusing to see or speak with family members
- Dehydration and/or malnutrition
- Confusion and disorientation
- Changes in financial stability and wealth
- Changes in overall health and well-being
If you suspect that someone you love has been or is being abused at a nursing home, assisted care facility, or rehabilitation center in Provo, Utah, it’s important to take action. Report the suspected abuse to the nursing home and, if no action is taken, escalate the issue by notifying the local police and Utah’s Division on Aging and Adult Services
Once you’ve reported the abuse, call Parker & McConkie Personal Injury Lawyers to discuss your family’s legal rights and options. Victims of abuse – or their family members – can potentially take action to recover compensation for their financial losses, trauma, and suffering. Working with an experienced nursing home abuse attorney in Provo can set the stage for victory and the maximum financial recovery.
What Compensation Can Be Awarded in a Nursing Home Abuse Case?
Residents who suffer abuse or neglect at the hands of their caretakers can experience significant physical injuries, financial losses, and emotional trauma. The state of Utah gives them the right to demand compensatory damages to help them navigate the consequences of their abuse.
Compensatory damages can include economic awards and non-economic awards for:
- Current medical bills
- Future medical expenses
- Rehabilitation
- Costs of transportation to a new nursing facility
- Out-of-pocket expenses
- Lost income and benefits
- Restitution for theft of property
- Pain and suffering
- Loss of consortium
- Reduced quality of life
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Chronic physical pain
- Disfigurement and scarring
- Embarrassment
When a nursing home is guilty of intentionally abusing a resident or allowing a resident to suffer harm because of gross negligence, a resident may also be able to recover punitive damages. Utah permits punitive damages when a nursing home abuse lawsuit goes to trial and a jury finds clear and convincing evidence that the nursing home’s behavior was particularly reprehensible.
What Is the Statute of Limitations for Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuits in Utah?
In Utah, a four-year statute of limitations applies to most nursing home abuse lawsuits. Typically, this gives a resident (or their legal guardian) four years from the date an injury is sustained or discovered through reasonable diligence to take action.
In cases of ongoing abuse, the statute of limitations runs from the date the resident last experienced abuse.
You must file a nursing home abuse lawsuit before the statute of limitations expires. When time runs out, so does the opportunity to hold the nursing facility responsible for its failure to keep its promise to keep your loved one safe.
Call Our Provo Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers for a Free Case Review
Filing a nursing home abuse lawsuit can help your family recover valuable compensation and hold the abusive facility responsible for its misconduct. It can also potentially protect other residents from suffering the same fate. At Parker & McConkie Personal Injury Lawyers, we’re dedicated to helping victims of abuse in Provo, Utah, fight for justice.
Our Provo nursing home abuse attorneys have over 100 years of combined experience and a proven ability to win top-dollar awards for clients. Now, we’re here to do everything we can to help your family navigate this difficult time and secure a meaningful financial award.
There’s no charge for an initial case evaluation. Contact our Provo law office for help today.
