When a loved one enters a nursing home, the family is already navigating frailty, vulnerability, and difficult medical realities. The facility is trusted to provide basic care, safety, and dignity. When that trust is broken through neglect or abuse, the harm is often preventable and deeply personal.

Nursing home cases are different from ordinary injury claims. They involve a dependent resident, a controlled environment, and a system of staffing, charting, supervision, and policies that should prevent predictable injuries. These cases often require early preservation of records and a careful reconstruction of what happened and what should have happened.

At Ferrigno Law Firm, we approach nursing home neglect and abuse matters with the expectation that documentation matters, and that accountability often depends on how well the record is developed from the beginning.

Common Forms of Neglect and Abuse

Neglect is often not a single event. It can be a pattern of missed care, delayed response, or unsafe staffing. Abuse can be physical, emotional, or financial. We evaluate nursing home cases involving issues such as:

• Falls with preventable risk factors and inadequate supervision

• Pressure injuries and skin breakdown

• Dehydration, malnutrition, and significant weight loss

• Medication errors and missed doses

• Untreated infections and delayed medical attention

• Poor hygiene and unsafe living conditions

• Physical abuse or rough handling

• Emotional abuse, intimidation, or isolation

• Wandering and elopement incidents

• Wrongful death arising from preventable complications

Not every decline is negligence. Many residents have serious conditions. The legal question is whether the facility met its responsibilities, followed its care plan, and provided the level of care promised and required.

Why These Cases Are Challenging

Facilities often control the information that proves what occurred. Records may be incomplete, inconsistent, or written after the fact. Family members are sometimes told that an injury “just happens” in a nursing home. In reality, many injuries are tied to preventable issues such as staffing levels, failure to follow a care plan, missed turning schedules, and delayed response to known risks.

Nursing home matters can also involve contracts and paperwork that families were asked to sign during an already stressful admission process. Those documents may affect how a claim is pursued and should be reviewed carefully.

Our Approach

We focus on preparation, documentation, and clarity. That includes:

• Identifying the timeline of care and the specific breakdown points

• Requesting and reviewing key facility records and incident documentation

• Evaluating whether care plans and safety protocols were followed

• Coordinating medical records review and expert evaluation when needed

• Communicating directly with insurers and facility counsel

• Positioning the case for resolution when appropriate, and for litigation when necessary

Experience You Can Rely On

Our firm has its roots in a longstanding local practice that has served this area for more than fifty years. We bring that experience to nursing home matters with direct attorney involvement from the start.

If you have questions about a nursing home neglect or abuse situation, you will speak directly with the attorney handling the matter. Every time.