Nursing Home Abuse Attorneys in Alabama

Seeking the Compensation You Deserve

Our country’s graying baby boomer generation is creating an increased demand for nursing home care. The growing number of elderly citizens who need long-term care in their later years has led to higher incidents of abuse in nursing homes and facilities.

If your loved one has suffered abuse in a nursing home abuse, he or she is entitled to make a claim to recover damages against the home’s owners and/or staff responsible for the safety of its residents. Our experienced Alabama nursing home abuse lawyers can provide skilled and compassionate care throughout your claim.

Call Caldwell Wenzel & Asthana today at (850) 726-3560 or contact us online to schedule a free consultation with one of our experienced nursing home abuse lawyers in Alabama.

These statistics display the shocking extent of the abuse of the elderly in our nation’s care facilities:

• An estimated 10 percent of nursing home residents are being abused.
• 90% of all nursing homes are understaffed.
• 1 in every 3 nursing homes has been cited for patient abuse.
• Only 1 of every 5 incidents of abuse or neglect is reported to anyone; only 1 in 14 is reported to the proper authorities.
• 1 in 25 nursing home residents is a victim of financial abuse.

• Neglect of patients resulting in bedsores, dehydration, malnutrition, infection, and poor hygiene.
• Physical abuse, including slapping, pinching, restraining, or overmedicating.
• Emotional abuse, including verbal insults, humiliation, threats, and/or isolation.
• Sexual abuse, including sexual harassment, unwanted touching, genital contact or penetration, or unwanted exposure to pornography.
• Financial abuse, such as cashing a patient’s checks without their knowledge, forging a patient’s signature on a check, stealing a patients’ money or possessions, tricking or forcing a patient to sign a will or other financial document.



In Alabama, call the Adult Abuse Hotline at 1-800-458-7214 to report suspected elder abuse or neglect.  Also for elder complaints, contact the ElderCare Hotline at 1-800-356-9596.

Reports can also be made to the local county sheriff’s office, chief of police in your town, or any county Department of Human Resources.  A local DHR office is located in each county within the State of Alabama.  Following are some government agencies that you can also contact to get help with elder neglect and abuse:

Alabama Department of Human Resources, Adult Protective Services

Alabama Department of Senior Services

Alabama Attorney General’s Office

COMPLAINTS AGAINST NURSING HOMES

You can also file a complaint against a nursing home with Alabama Public Health by filling out a Nursing Home Complaint Form.  Other ways to file a complaint include:

• For nursing home complaints, email: NHComplaints@adph.state.al.us
• Write a letter of complaint addressed to: ATTN: Complaint Unit, Alabama Department of Public Health, Bureau of Health Provider Standards, 201 Monroe Street, Suite 700, Montgomery, AL 36130-3017

COMPLAINTS AGAINST ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES

• E-mail ALFComplaints@adph.state.al.us
• Call the Assisted Living Facilities complaint hotline at 1-866-873-0366

Caldwell Wenzel & Asthana is an excellent resource for information, advice, and legal representation to assist victims and families of nursing home abuse. We are deeply committed to preserving the dignity and well-being of the older members of our state and community and are passionate about holding nursing home facilities accountable for failing to offer proper care to its residents.

The statute of limitations for personal injury cases in Alabama is generally two years (Ala. Code. Sec. 6-2-38).  This means that if you want to sue a nursing home for neglect of your loved one, you must file the lawsuit within two years of the injury event, unless there are exceptions that apply.  Such exceptions to the two-year rule could arise if the victim is mentally impaired or if the injury is not immediately known.