Nursing Home Neglect

Oklahoma Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse Attorneys

For more information regarding nursing home neglect, please see our nursing home information center.

We entrust our loved ones to nursing homes, expecting the homes to provide the care and guidance that elders need and deserve. However, in a growing number of cases, elders are abused, physically, emotionally, and financially. This is simply wrong, and must be stopped.

After seeing an increase in elder abuse, Ray Maples took on the social responsibility of representing abused and neglected senior citizens in cases against nursing homes and assisted living establishments. Our Oklahoma nursing home neglect and abuse attorneys will meet with any senior and his or her family for free. If you have a case, we will charge you nothing until the guilty parties are brought to justice.

Contact our lawyers for a free initial consultation.

The Law in Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Cases

Our attorneys have had tremendous results in Oklahoma nursing home neglect and abuse cases, handling several wrongful death cases and gaining several clients $250,000 and up. Most importantly, we know that such large settlements and verdicts punish Oklahoma nursing homes that neglect and abuse their residents, and discourage other homes from committing such crimes.

Elder abuse cases fall into two categories: intentional harm and neglect. Intentional harm can be result in serious injuries and even death, and are often inflicted by:

• Physical attacks
• Sexual assaults
• Emotional abuse
• Financial abuse

In many cases in Oklahoma, nursing home neglect has proven just as dangerous. Often nursing home companies are guilty of cutting corners and understaffing, thus leading to neglect. Other times, individual staff members are neglectful, and companies do not supervise them properly. Our lawyers handle cases involving the failure to provide for basic needs, which can result in:

• Dehydration
• Malnutrition
• Medication overdoses
• Falls
• Infections
• Bedsores
• Pressure sores
• Skin ulcers
• Decubitus ulcers
• Osteomyelitis
• Septicemia
• Gangrene

Nursing homes must:

• Care for their residents in such a manner and in such an environment that promotes the maintenance or enhancement of the quality of life for each resident.
• Provide services and activities to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psycho-social well-being of each resident in accordance with a written plan of care. The plan should describe the medical, nursing, and psycho-social needs of the resident and is to be periodically reviewed and updated.
• Conduct a comprehensive assessment that describes the resident's capability to perform the daily functions and significant impairments.

MANY NURSING HOMES FAIL THESE REQUIREMENTS. For more information about nursing home law, please visit our Nursing Home Abuse Information Center.

Contact Our Lawyers

If you have fallen victim to nursing home abuse or neglect and would like to discuss your case, contact Ray Maples for a completely confidential and free case evaluation.

Call us toll-free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at 1-800-SOLUTION (1-800-765-8846). If you are from North Oklahoma City, you can also call (405) 709-4417, and if you are from South Oklahoma City, call (405) 809-4909.

We also have a personal injury intake form that you can fill out. Our lawyers and staff return all correspondence quickly.

Whatever Your Legal Problem, Maples & Associates Has the Solution!
1-800-SOLUTION (1-800-765-8846)