Indianapolis Nursing Home/ Elder Abuse Law Firm

The rise in the elderly population of this country has led to a rise in nursing home population. Sadly, this has lead to an increase in nursing home negligence and abuse. This abuse is surprisingly widespread, even with the oversight of governmental agencies at the state and federal levels.

Unfortunately, despite the efforst of these agencies, each year over one million nursing home residents experience some manner of abuse. "Abuse" can include negligence or intentional actions. Whether recurrent or a single incident, a victim of nursing home abuse has a right to damages. In many cases, substantiated abuse can lead to loss of certification and funding for the nursing home in question.

Nursing home abuse often includes physical injury: falls, malnutrition or dehydration, bed sores, gangrene, aspiration pneumonia, over-sedation, poor medical care, or wrong medication. More subtle but just as traumatic and damaging are lack of supervision, theft, abandonment, defective equipment, sexual assault, coercion, and emotional and mental abuse. All of these can lead to injury or death of the nursing home patient.

If you or a loved one is in need of legal assistance, call C. Dennis Wegner & Associates at (317) 576-0066 or toll free (800) 266-LAWS or submit an online questionnaire. The initial consultation is free of charge, and if we agree to handle your case, we will work on a contingency fee basis, which means we get paid for our services only if there is a monetary recovery of funds. In many cases, a lawsuit must be filed before an applicable expiration date, known as a statute of limitations. Please call right away to ensure that you do not waive your right to possible compensation.