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Rhode Island and Massachusetts Nursing Home Litigation Attorney

Bedsores, broken bones, dehydration, and other injuries suffered in nursing homes may be signs of abuse or neglect. If you are concerned about a family member's care in a nursing home, assisted living residence or other extended care facility in Rhode Island or Massachusetts, contact me, lawyer Jeffrey Padwa. My law practice is dedicated to protecting seniors from harm by nursing homes and other institutions that we trust to care for our loved ones.

Attorney Padwa is highly trained and experienced in evaluating, investigating and pursuing cases in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and in other states nationwide.

As our parents age, their health may decline, but many injuries and deaths suffered in nursing homes are not inevitable:

• One woman called me after her parent choked to death on food, even though the woman was supposed to be served only soft foods and supervised while eating.
• I heard from a woman whose mother developed large bedsores on her heels and on her coccyx. Her mother was taken to a hospital, but was in such bad condition from the bedsores, dehydration, and malnutrition that she died.
• A daughter contacted me after her mother suffered a neck fracture when she fell off the toilet. The nursing home did not follow the care plan that called for supervision when toileting because she was at risk for falls. Her head smacked against the bed frame when she fell breaking her neck.
• A woman went to a nursing home after a hip fracture to get physical therapy and rehabilitation. However, her daughter noted that the nursing staff was not attentive and did not respond to her mother's calls for help. The woman was not able to toilet on her own. She developed a severe urinary tract infection that went undiagnosed and untreated, and ultimately died from sepsis.
• Another call came not from a family member but from a funeral home director, who said that the bedsores on the feet of a man he was embalming were the worst he had ever seen. The man's feet were black and looked like they were rotting off.

It is stories like these that keep me fighting hard against neglect, abuse, and mistreatment of our seniors in nursing homes and assisted living residences. I offer a free initial consultation to those who are concerned about a loved one's care. If the case passes my initial review, I will begin an investigation that includes interviewing witnesses, preserving and photographing evidence, researching the nursing home, examining nursing home and hospital records, examining department of health investigations and surveys, researching previous lawsuits against the nursing home, and consulting with medical and legal experts from across the country.

If I find evidence of abuse, neglect, or mistreatment we will file a personal injury or wrongful death lawsuit. We fight to hold the nursing home accountable and to compensate the victims and their families. We let nursing homes know that someone is watching, which helps prevent similar injuries to other seniors.

This web site provides information about nursing home injuries and causes of death. We also offer information about choosing a nursing home or assisted living residence, preparing to enter a nursing home or assisted living residence as well as other important long-term care issues.

Free Consultation: Concerned about your loved one's care in a nursing home or assisted living residence? Call nursing home litigation attorney Jeffrey Padwa.