Defending Residents' Rights
Serving Philadelphia, Media and surrounding Areas
Nursing home injuries are deplorable. Aging people reside in nursing homes because they need the care and assistance those facilities promise to provide. When their caregivers instead neglect them or mistreat them, seniors and their families need strong legal representation to help them defend their rights. The attorneys at Gilligan & Peppelman have been helping nursing home residents and their families for four decades.
We will aggressively represent you in litigation. If you or your loved one has suffered a serious personal injury due to neglect or abuse, we can help you get fair and just compensation.
Contact our lawyers for a free initial consultation about your case.
Seniors Are Protected By Law
Nursing home residents have a right to be treated appropriately, as specified in the federal 1987 Nursing Home Reform Law. To benefit from federal funding such as Medicaid or Medicare, nursing facilities must abide by the statutory requirements for resident rights and provide them dignity, respect and a good quality of life. If your rights or the rights of a loved one have been violated by a nursing home, we can help you take legal action.
Nursing homes may be negligent on several accounts — from providing below-standard care to under-staffing their facility or inadequately maintaining the premises. There also may be physical abuse by staff.
When nursing home injuries occur because of abuse or neglect, it is important to seek immediate legal counsel.
We handle cases involving:
- Bedsores
- Unexplained bruises, abrasions or infections
- Falls from a bed
- Malnutrition or dehydration
- Unsanitary conditions
- Medication errors
Nursing home residents also have a right to care from qualified doctors. You may have a medical malpractice case if a doctor has been negligent in the care of a nursing home resident, whether through a medication error or a failure to diagnose a serious medical condition.
The attorneys at Gilligan & Peppelman care about our clients and are driven to get the best possible results for each case. We are committed to securing justice for victims of nursing home injuries.
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We accept nursing home abuse and neglect cases on a contingency basis. Fees are owed only if we recover compensation for you.
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