Robbins & Associates, PC

When dealing with a medical malpractice suit, it is important to understand that every case is unique. A medical malpractice attorney can help you sort through the ins and outs of the legal system.

If a hospital offers you a settlement, a medical malpractice attorney can help you by letting you know whether or not the settlement offer is legitimate. A lawyer can tell you the real worth of your claim and help ensure that you are not being taken advantage of by the lawyers at the hospital you are suing.

In general, hospitals will try to undercut you, the defendant. With a lawyer present, you will be able to ensure that your claim is being processed fairly and not being undercut.

If you decide that you want to represent yourself in court, you will be going up against a line of top-notch lawyers who will now how to manipulate the fact that you are not as familiar with the law as they. If you were to miss even one hearing, your whole case could be thrown out. Furthermore, through a list of subpoenas and other litigating tactics, you could get lost among legal technicalities.

If the case merits serious action, it is always best to take it is serious as possible. By hiring a medical malpractice lawyer you are helping to ensure, for at least yourself, that you did everything possible to write the wrong committed against you or a loved one.

Please contact the website of Atlanta personal injury attorneys Robbins & Associates, P.C.; we have over 30 years of case experience and a team of lawyers well versed in medical malpractice suits. We can help ensure that you are treated with respect and get the settlement you deserve.

In America, thousands of elderly people are abused every year. Whether it is neglect, emotional abuse, physical abuse or financial abuse, the elderly today face quite a few challenges. Typically speaking, elder abuse occurs at the place of residence for the party involved. Whether this is their home, a relative or friend’s home or a nursing care facility, abuse can usually be traced back to the residence.

Financial abuse is common among the elderly. The exploiters tend to take advantage of elderly people’s diminished capacities, lack of understanding and generally trusting nature.

To spot financial abuse, it is important to know what to look for. Typically, a caregiver who is financially abusing someone will:
1. Use the elderly person’s account and/or credit cards
2. Forge their signature on documents
3. Steal cash or checks
4. Steal personal possessions from the elder’s house or room

Another important aspect of financial abuse is to look out for scam artists. And while everyone is liable to be had by a scam artist, elderly people are three times more likely to fall into a scam artist’s trap. Typically, scam artists use four different ‘racketeering’ sets.

• Fake charities
• Investment/pyramid schemes
• Prize winnings that require account numbers to collect
• Banking issues

Financial abuse and exploitation are wrong. Exploiters will take advantage of an elderly person’s state of mind or lack thereof to manipulate and take advantage of them. If you or someone you know is or has been exploited financially, contact the website of Atlanta, Georgia nursing home abuse and neglect attorneys Robbins & Associates P.C.

A common sign of elder abuse in nursing homes is medical malpractice. In general, medical malpractice tends to stem from unqualified health-care professionals or those employees who are overworked, underpaid or overly stressed.

To keep a watchful eye out for medical malpractice, it is important to know what to look for. The following are general indications of medical malpractice:

• Mistakes made during a surgery
• A misdiagnosis-covering both diseases and conditions
• Failure of healthcare professionals to treat a diagnosed disease or condition properly or, more importantly, in a timely manner.
• Improper administration of medication, including over or under-medication

Often, when a relative or friend is at a nursing home, it is harder to look out for signs of medical malpractice. This is due in part to the inability to be around the person everyday and because we, as friends and relatives entrust the care of those we love to the staff in a nursing home. We do not want to think that abuse would be going on.

Signs of abuse and malpractice are also harder to spot because the parties involved usually suffer from diminished capacities or have physical limitations that make it harder to convey what is happening to them. And, because the patients are living with their abuses in their nursing home, it is scary and every more difficult for them to come clean about the abuse.

If you suspect that a friend or relative is the victim of medical malpractice in a nursing home, contact the website of Atlanta, Georgia nursing home abuse attorneys Robbins &Associates P.C.. We have over 30 years of case work and can help answer the questions you have.

When a loved one is hurt, either emotionally or physically, in the care of someone else, we tend to want to make the wrong right. For those who have a loved one in a nursing home and employee negligence is at fault for either medical malpractice or emotional problem, legal action is a common path people tend to pursue.

If you suspect employee negligence as the cause for your loved ones injuries or illnesses, a lawyer can help you file a suit. Employee negligence federal acts protect patients against:

1. Employees who fail to give what is deemed quality care and services
2. Employees who do not treat patients with respect and consideration for their feelings. This includes patient’s privacy.
3. Employees who mentally and or physically abuse them. This includes punishments, seclusions and or restraints.

The nursing home bill of rights helps patients maintain their rights and gives them a voice when otherwise, they would be voiceless. By keeping a watchful eye, you can spot the tell-tale signs of employee negligence in your loved ones nursing home. If you notice:

• Bruises
• Unexplained fear of caregivers
• Broken bones
• Malnutrition or Dehydration
• Unclean living conditions
• Unexplained medicated hazes

These are all factors to be considered if you want to file a suit against the nursing home. Be sure that you accurately document any and all evidence of negligence or abuse and contact an attorney who has experience in employee negligence cases, especially those that involve nursing homes.

Please contact the website of the law offices of personal injury attorneys Robbins& Associates, P.C.in Atlanta; we have over 30 years experience dealings with cases, including those related to nursing home misconduct.

If someone you know, a friend or a relative is in a nursing home, then watching out for signs of elder abuse is important. Generally speaking, elder abuse occurs in nursing homes that are understaffed or have under-qualified employees. Because of the nature of this type of patient care, patience and dedication is very important. If you have noticed the employees at the home looking overly stressed, overworked or frustrated, overly affectionate, these too can be signs of elder abuse in the home.

In 2001, CBS conducted a study citing that in the United States, 1,600 nursing homes had been written up for abuse of their patients. This number, according to the article, accounts for one third of the nursing homes in the country.

As kids, we always want what’s best for our parents so if there are suspect signs of elder abuse, authorities should be contacted immediately.
Generally, signs of elder abuse include:
• bruising
• unexplained cuts of welts
• improper medication distribution
• dehydration and/or malnutrition
• weight loss or gain
• broken bones
• unsanitary living conditions
• fear of caregivers
• unexplained death

Our elders are more subject to abuse due to two factors. According to the National Center for Elder Abuse (NCEA), these two factors are social isolation and an impaired state of mind, like dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. If you suspect elder abuse, call the NCEA hotline at 1-800-677-1116 and contact the website of Atlanta personal injury attorneys Robbins &Associates P.C; we have 30 years of case experience and can help you right the wrongs that happened to your friend or relative.