Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
Families trust nursing homes and long-term care facilities to keep their loved ones safe. When that trust is broken through neglect, physical abuse, or substandard care, families deserve legal accountability. O’Gorman and Sandroni represent St. Louis-area families in pursuing claims against facilities and individuals responsible for a resident’s harm.
Signs of Nursing Home Abuse or Neglect
Unexplained injuries, bed sores, sudden weight loss, poor hygiene, medication errors, and unexplained changes in behavior can all signal abuse or neglect. Facility understaffing is frequently a root cause of these problems.
Pursuing a Claim
Nursing home cases often require obtaining medical and facility records, consulting with medical experts, and demonstrating how a facility’s staffing or care practices fell below the required standard. We build these cases to hold facilities accountable and pursue appropriate compensation for the resident and family.
Frequently Asked Questions
Suspected abuse or neglect can be reported to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and, in urgent situations, to local law enforcement, in addition to consulting an attorney about civil claims.
Yes, Missouri law allows wrongful death and survival claims to be pursued by family members or the estate when neglect or abuse contributed to a resident’s death.
Since 1985 Sean O’Gorman and Andrew Sandroni have been representing clients in all areas of the law. O’Gorman & Sandroni, P.C. was founded in 1989 on the principles of honesty, integrity, and the aggressive pursuit of our client’s goals.