Serving clients throughout PA, NJ, NY, and MD. If your loved one suffered abuse, neglect, or wrongful death in a nursing home or long-term care facility, you may be entitled to substantial compensation. Siddons Law Firm represents families of nursing home abuse victims throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Maryland. Call (610) 255-7500 for a free, confidential case review.
Key Takeaways
- Nursing home abuse and neglect settlements in verified cases commonly range from $250,000 to $5 million+, depending on injury severity and facility conduct.
- Federal CMS data documents that more than 1 in 6 nursing home residents experience some form of abuse or neglect each year.
- Common claims: pressure ulcers (bedsores), falls and fractures, malnutrition and dehydration, wandering/elopement, medication errors, physical and sexual abuse, wrongful death.
- State survey reports, incident reports, and medical records are usually enough to establish a claim — even when the facility initially denies wrongdoing.
- Free case review. No fee unless we recover.
Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Serving PA, NJ, NY, and MD
When you place a parent, spouse, or loved one in a nursing home, you trust the facility to keep them safe, clean, fed, and medically cared for. When that trust is broken — when bedsores develop into open wounds, when repeated falls go unreported, when a resident is found bruised or over-medicated, when a loved one dies from sepsis or dehydration that should never have happened — the facility and its corporate owner can be held accountable.
Siddons Law Firm represents families of nursing home abuse and neglect victims throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Maryland. We partner with nationally recognized elder abuse trial firms, giving your case the experts — geriatric physicians, wound-care nurses, certified nursing home administrators — that drive the largest elder abuse verdicts in the country.
Types of Nursing Home Abuse We Review
Pressure Ulcers (Bedsores)
Stage III and Stage IV pressure ulcers are almost always preventable with proper repositioning and skin care. When they develop, they signal systemic neglect. Learn more →
Falls & Fractures
Hip fractures, head injuries, and fall-related deaths are often the result of inadequate staffing, failure to implement a fall-prevention plan, or failure to respond to prior falls. Learn more →
Malnutrition & Dehydration
Residents who lose significant weight or become dehydrated in a facility are evidence of systemic failure to monitor, feed, and hydrate. Learn more →
Elopement & Wandering
Residents with dementia who wander away from a facility — especially in cold weather or near traffic — frequently suffer serious injury or death. Learn more →
Medication Errors
Wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time, missed medications, and over-sedation (“chemical restraint”) are common and often deadly. Learn more →
Wrongful Death
When abuse or neglect leads to a resident’s death, surviving family members may recover damages for medical expenses, funeral costs, loss of companionship, and the pain and suffering of the deceased. Learn more →
Physical, Sexual & Financial Abuse
Staff and other residents have been documented to physically strike, sexually assault, and financially exploit elderly residents. These cases require specialized investigation and are handled with complete discretion. Call us in confidence.
Who May Qualify
- Your loved one resided in a nursing home, skilled nursing facility, assisted living facility, or memory care unit.
- They suffered injury, neglect, abuse, or death during their stay.
- Facility records, medical records, state survey reports, or witness accounts document the injury or harm.
Why Choose Our Firm
Nursing home cases turn on medical records, staffing records, and facility survey deficiencies — a technical practice area that general personal injury firms don’t always handle well. Our firm partners with nationally recognized nursing home abuse co-counsel whose teams include certified nursing home administrators and geriatric medical experts. Your case gets the same resources that drive the country’s largest elder abuse verdicts. No up-front cost. No fee unless we recover.
Frequently Asked Questions
The facility says the injury was unavoidable. Can I still file?
Yes. Facilities almost always deny wrongdoing initially. Medical records, state survey reports, and independent expert review frequently contradict the facility’s story.
My loved one passed away. Can I still pursue a claim?
Yes. Wrongful death and survival claims can be filed by the estate and surviving family members.
Will filing a claim affect my loved one’s care if they are still in the facility?
Retaliation is illegal. Many families transfer their loved one to a different facility after filing, but the law protects residents from retaliation.
How much does a case cost up front?
Nothing. Our firm works on contingency — you pay nothing unless we recover money for you.
Start Your Nursing Home Abuse Case
Call (610) 255-7500 or email msiddons@siddonslaw.com. Free, confidential case review. Serving families throughout PA, NJ, NY, and MD.