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Attorneys for Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse

These attorneys can help if you or a loved one has been abused or neglected whether in a nursing home or in a residential/assisted living facility. "Dependent adult" includes the developmentally disabled.

CANHR Elder and Dependent Abuse Attorneys pursue cases that involve abuse or neglect in health care facilities.

Suing those who control and operate a Long Term Care Facility is often the last resort for those who have been denied relief by the enforcement process.

  • Physical Abuse or Neglect
  • Dehydration / Malnutrition
  • Bedsores (Decubitus Ulcers)
  • Medical Neglect
  • Falls and Physical Injury
  • Residents’ Rights

The Need for an Experienced Attorney

Suing a nursing home is a challenging experience. Attorneys who pursue nursing home abuse cases are required to have greater expertise than attorneys who have limited their practices to personal injury or medical malpractice lawsuits. In California, there are a specific and a limited number of statues that can be utilized to sue long term care facilities. A plaintiff must choose with care when hiring an attorney. For best results, a plaintiff must find an experienced attorney to successfully navigate the legal system.

Finding the right attorney to handle your case can be a difficult process. Many attorneys are not interested in elder abuse cases because they assume (incorrectly) that because a resident is sick or old the damages will be limited, and therefore not economically worth pursuing.

When the right attorney is located and a case successfully pursued, a nursing home can be held accountable for the pain and suffering it has caused. An experienced attorney can obtain a certain degree of justice for an abused or neglected resident.

Why CANHR’s Lawyer Referral Service (LRS) Elder Abuse Attorneys are Special

CANHR’s Lawyer Referral Service was specifically designed to connect nursing home residents and their family members with qualified attorneys. Certified by the California State Bar since 1985, the CANHR LRS has over twenty years of experience linking residents and family members to elder abuse litigators. In order to qualify for the CANHR LRS panel, each attorney must first have had to accomplish the following:

  • Health Care Malpractice Experience
    Within five years prior to joining the panel the attorney must have handled to completion at least five health care malpractice cases.
  • Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Cases
    The attorney must have tried or settled at least three Elder abuse or Dependent Adult Abuse cases. At least one of those cases must have been based on injuries to a nursing home resident who was living at the time the action was filed, and at least one must have been based on injuries to a nursing home resident who was deceased at the time the action was filed.
  • Case Work and Continuing Education
    Before being accepted to the panel, an attorney must have taken depositions of at least ten nursing home employees. All attorneys must have attended at least one litigation training sponsored by CANHR, the American Trial Lawyer’s Association, or some other Minimum Continuing Legal Education provider approved by the CANHR LRS.

To contact CANHR’s LRS or for more information on how to get a legal referral, go to:
CANHR’s Lawyer Referral Service