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nursing home neglect abuse

Clewis Finn is helping to lead the fight on behalf of victims of Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse throughout Illinois. The lawyers of Clewis Finn have more than 15 years combined experience in the area of Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect. Larry Finn and Scott R. Clewis have achieved successful results for victims and their families in personal injury and wrongful death cases involving dehydration, malnutrition, bed sores, falls, elopement from the facility, improper use of restraints, failure to develop proper plans of care and sexual assault.

The incidence of elder abuse and nursing home neglect in Illinois is staggering. Each day, numerous elderly, disabled and mentally ill individuals residing in long term care facilities in Illinois are victimized. If your loved one is a victim of neglect or abuse in a nursing home or other long term residential facility, there are likely other residents who are, or who without proper intervention will become, neglected or abused. In many instances we find that there is a continuing pattern of neglect at particular facilities. In every nursing home neglect case investigated by Clewis Finn, the nursing home's history of violations of federal and state law is analyzed to identify potential patterns of neglect. Once a case is filed and discovery is underway, the lawyers focus on the facility's staffing, training and allocation of financial resources, which are often a root cause of nursing home abuse and neglect.

The signs of elder abuse and nursing home abuse can be subtle and those who are victims of abuse and neglect often fail to report it. If you have a friend or relative who is living in a long term care facility who has unexplained injuries, bed sores or who suffers frequent falls, or if you know or suspect that a friend or relative is being neglected or abused while living in an Illinois nursing home or other long term care facility, contact the experienced, effective and compassionate attorneys at Clewis Finn for advice and a free evaluation. It is important to contact an experienced attorney so that proper steps can be taken as soon as possible to determine if wrongdoing is taking place, and if so, stopped. For a free case evaluation, please call 312.606.8740, or click here to submit your inquiry and contact information.