Georgia’s Nursing Home Residents Bill of Rights entitles residents to a number of rights, including the right to a full explanation of all medical treatments and their consequences, the right to make decisions about which treatments are best for them, the right to the proper care, attention, and service, and the right to a stay at a nursing home that is free from abuse and neglect. Elderly and sick people stay in nursing homes because they need specialized, round-the-clock care. When a nursing home, a doctor, a nurse, or another staff member fails to provide the necessary care by treating a nursing home patient with abuse or neglect, the injured person has a right to file a Georgia nursing home abuse claim or lawsuit for damages.

In the Metro Atlanta Area and other cities throughout Georgia and Florida, Slater & King, Attorneys at Law can help you explore your legal options. Atlanta Nursing Home Abuse Attorney Randy Slater has helped nursing home residents and their loved ones receive compensation for their injuries, pain and suffering, and other damages and losses, including wrongful death. He will take immediate action to resolve your case the moment that he signs on as your legal representative.

Nursing Home Abuse and Injuries
Slater & King, Attorneys at Law knows how traumatic it can be to find out that you’ve place your sick or elderly loved one in a nursing home only to have his or her condition grow worse because of being beaten, sexually assaulted, overmedicated, undermedicated, forcefully restrained, placed in isolation without proper cause, emotionally abused, verbally abused, punched, hit, raped, ignored, starved, or deprived of water or companionship. Many abuse and neglect incidents go undetected because the signs and symptoms of abuse are not always obvious—especially when a nursing home resident is so sick or weak that he or she is unable to report the abuse incident(s).

Possible indicators of nursing home abuse or negligence may include unexplained broken bones, bruises, cuts, trips to the emergency room or hospital because of sudden illnesses, rapid weight loss, sudden weight gain, and emotional distancing or depression. It is important that you document and photograph the resident’s condition, including any obvious injuries, and get a doctor outside the nursing home to examine your loved one immediately.

Let Our Family Take Care of Your Family
It is also important that you contact an Atlanta nursing home abuse attorney first rather than dealing with the Georgia nursing home or the insurance company alone. You become part of the Slater & King family the moment that we agree to work together, and Mr. Slater will work hard to protect your legal rights and make sure that you don’t sign away your rights to full compensation.

Sooner or Later, You’re Going to Call Slater
For over 32 years, Atlanta Nursing Home Abuse Attorney Slater has helped many families remove their loved ones from abusive situations so that they could be relocated to a safe environment. We also have negotiated substantial settlements and jury awards for our nursing home abuse and neglect victims and their families. Many of our clients are located in Atlanta, Georgia, or in other cities in DeKalb County, Fayette County, Fulton County, Paulding County, Clayton County, Butts County, Cobb County, Cherokee County, Henry County, Coweta County, Carroll County, Bibb County, Douglas County, and Gwinnett County.

To schedule your FREE consultation with Atlanta, Georgia Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Lawyer Randy Slater, call Slater & King, Attorneys at Law at (404) 888-0500 or—toll-free—(877) 9-SLATER or Contact us online .