Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect in Charleston, SC area
Placing your loved one into a nursing home or assisted living facility is an emotional decision. Because the elderly are often defenseless, proper care, proper treatment, improved quality of life and respect are expected. When this trust is breached, Sanders Law Firm, LLC systematically and aggressively pursues justice.
We understand the operational challenges of nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Often we find these facilities to be understaffed and their care providers are not always properly trained.
What to do: After placing your loved one into a nursing home or assisted living facility, stay involved. On a regular basis, monitor your loved one for signs of neglect.
What to look for:
- Abuse (physical, emotional, verbal or sexual)
- Afraid of staff or other residents
- Bedsores (or pressure sores)
- Dehydration and malnutrition
- Failure to execute dietician's recommendations
- Failure of nurse and/or doctor to monitor
- Fecal impaction
- Fractures from falling
- Infection
- Rapid weight loss
- Sudden decline in mental or physical condition
- Unexpected death
- Wandering from facility
Before records are changed and before staff members leave the facility, contact Sanders Law Firm, LLC for Charleston area nursing home abuse and neglect.
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Sanders Law Firm, LLC represents clients in the Charleston, South Carolina area, including Berkeley County, Charleston County, Clarendon County, Colleton County, Dorchester County and Georgetown County |