Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer

1 00:00:03.343 --> 00:00:06.657 So the kinds of cases that we often get in nursing homes 2 00:00:06.800 --> 00:00:08.942 involve the standard of care. 3 00:00:09.529 --> 00:00:12.642 Are people getting adequate medical care? 4 00:00:12.643 --> 00:00:15.129 Are they getting adequate assistance? 5 00:00:15.200 --> 00:00:19.286 Are folks making sure that residents are not falling? 6 00:00:19.371 --> 00:00:22.299 And so those are issues where we've had experience 7 00:00:22.300 --> 00:00:25.013 looking at what's supposed to happen, 8 00:00:25.014 --> 00:00:28.471 what kind of care should the resident be getting, 9 00:00:28.514 --> 00:00:30.813 versus what they actually get. 10 00:00:30.814 --> 00:00:36.485 And those range from falls to pressure ulcers 11 00:00:36.486 --> 00:00:41.514 all the way up to sexual abuse of the most vulnerable people. 12 00:00:41.629 --> 00:00:46.742 The most important reason to have a lawyer oftentimes 13 00:00:46.743 --> 00:00:50.486 is to actually find out what the facts really are. 14 00:00:50.729 --> 00:00:54.156 Oftentimes you've got an individual who's being cared for 15 00:00:54.157 --> 00:00:56.200 and the system has failed. 16 00:00:56.357 --> 00:01:00.056 And so actually getting answers takes a lawyer 17 00:01:00.057 --> 00:01:03.199 to actually initiate a legal action 18 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:07.157 in order to get access to the most vital information. 19 00:01:07.343 --> 00:01:13.757 Anyone who has concerns about a loved one who's in a nursing home 20 00:01:13.843 --> 00:01:16.429 or in an assisted living facility, 21 00:01:16.757 --> 00:01:21.143 and they know that there's been some sort of injury that has happened, 22 00:01:21.144 --> 00:01:23.214 should contact Cochran Douglas. 23 00:01:23.215 --> 00:01:26.042 We've got experience with these kinds of cases, 24 00:01:26.043 --> 00:01:29.214 and we're willing to talk through the facts and see, 25 00:01:29.215 --> 00:01:35.057 as much as we can, what happened and whether something wrongful occurred.