Brownsville Nursing Home Negligence Lawyer | Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer in Brownsville, Texas | Brownsville Nursing Home Malpractice Attorney

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services provides a website for reporting suspicions of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of children, adults with disabilities, or people who are elderly (65 years or older). You can report elder abuse either anonymously or not anonymously. The Texas Elder Abuse Website is not for emergencies and if you have an emergency, you should call 911. An emergency is defined as:

  • A situation where a child, adult with disabilities, or person who is elderly faces an immediate risk of abuse or neglect that could result in death or serious harm.

"All We Wanted to Do was to Take Care of Our Parents The Way They Took Care of Us......Look What They Did!"

You trusted them. You visited first to make sure it was safe. You Made all the right moves to take care of someone who no longer could take care of themselves. When you realize that your loved one has been subjected to poor care or, worse yet, physical abuse, you must act on their behalf. If you do not act, it can happen to another and another and another....

Brownsville Nursing Home Malpractice Lawyer

Families that care for their parents by placing them into the hands of nursing homes expect them to be treated with the dignity they deserve. Unfortunately, when the family is not around, sometimes the elderly are either mistreated or neglected. Obviously, when bed sores, otherwise known as decubitus bed sores, develop, the mal-treatment and negligence is readily apparent.  But, nursing home malpractice is sometimes not so easily provable. Relying upon the history of an elderly parent that has dementia, pre-dementia or Alzheimer’s disease can also be frustrating. Hiring a skilled Brownsville nursing home abuse negligence lawyer is who you should turn to when you think a loved one has been mistreated.

Just a short list of Brownsville nursing homes is listed below:

Some Brownsville Nursing Home Facilities:
 
Ebony Lake Health Care Center‎
1001 Central Boulevard
Brownsville, TX 78520
(956) 541-0917
 
Alta Vista Rehabilitation and Healthcare‎
510 Paredes Line Road
Brownsville, TX 78521
(956) 546-5358
 
Brownsville Nursing And Rehabilitation Center‎
320 Lorenaly Drive
Brownsville, TX 78526
(956) 350-2252
 
Valley Grande Manor Inc‎
901 Wild Rose Lane
Brownsville, TX 78520
(956) 546-4568
 
Stat Nursing Home Health Care‎
1301 E Los Ebanos Boulevard B
Brownsville, TX 78520
(956) 554-7828
 
Assistive & Rehabilitative Services‎
3505 Boca Chica Boulevard 251
Brownsville, TX 78521
(956) 544-8920

Most nursing homes try their best to hire loving, caring and patient employees but sometimes they drop the ball in the hiring process and a bad actor gets on the staff abuse can occur. When this happens, the company and the employee can be held liable.

Nursing home abuse and/or nursing home neglect can take many forms. Common examples of nursing home abuse that can occur in Brownsville are:

  1. Failure to provide proper nutrition and proper hydration;
  2. Failure to assist in personal hygiene when needed;
  3. Over-medication or under-medication;
  4. Failure to take reasonable precautions to prevent falls;
  5. Failure to answer call lights in a timely fashion;
  6. Failure to turn residents in their beds (leading to pressure decubitus sores);
  7. Failure to take residents out of their bed to the toilet therby leaving them in soiled garments or beds;
  8. Hitting, slapping or other physical abuse of the nursing home resident;
  9. Use of chemical or physical restraints;
  10. Emotional or verbal abuse of the nursing home patient;
  11. Retaliation for making a complaint or filing a grievance;
  12. Failure to take adequate precautions to prevent injury to the nursing home resident;
  13. Failure to provide for appropriate medical care;
  14. Sexual assault or rape of the resident;
  15. Theft of the nursing home resident's money or other personal property

Brownsville & Texas Elder Abuse Resources

  • Brownsville & Cameron County Field Offices of Adult Protective Services, 1060 Mackintosh Drive, Brownsville, TX 78521, (956) 546-5591;
  • The Texas Department on Aging Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps long-term care facility residents and their families to resolve problems and differences. Ombudsmen identify, investigate, and resolve complaints made by or on behalf of residents. Their toll-free number is (800) 252-2412;
  • The Texas Department of Human Services regulates, licenses, and certifies nursing homes for Medicaid and Medicare. The TDHS also investigates abuse, exploitation and neglect in nursing facilities. Their toll-free hotline is (800) 458-9858.
  • The Texas Attorney General investigates criminal matters in Texas. The toll free number is (800) 621-0508. If one suspects criminal abuse or neglect, one may also notify their local law enforcement agencies.
  • Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, Adult Protective Services: (800) 252-5400;
  • Nursing Home Credentialing Department, Texas Department of Human Services: (512) 231-5215;
  • Texas Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: (800) 252-8011; and
  • Veterans Administration: (800) 827-1000

Brownsville Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers serve Brownsville and Surrounding Areas Including:

Southern Texas, including Bayview, Brownsville, Cameron Park, Chula Vista – Orason, Combes, Del Mar Heights, Donna, Edinburg, Indian Lake, Harlingen, Laguna Vista, La Feria, Laguna Heights, Laureles, Los Fresnos, Los Indios, McAllen, Mercedes, Mission, Olmito, Palm Valley, Port Isabel, Primera, Rancho Viejo, Rangerville, Reid Hope King, Rio Hondo, San Benito, San Pedro, Santa Rosa, South Padre Island, South Point, Villa Pancho, Weslaco, Yznaga and other communities in Cameron County.