Hermantown Nursing Home Neglect Attorney

Answer: We only charge fees and the related costs of recovery when our client receives a verdict or settlement in their favor.

Answer: Depending on the type of facility and care they are providing to residents. According to Minn. Stat. § 145.682 a "health care provider" includes all persons or entities providing health care, such as hospitals and nursing homes.

Most cases of nursing home neglect, assisted living neglect, memory care abuse are considered medical malpractice when the injury results in the breach in the standard of care, treatment or supervision of a resident.

Answer: There has historically not always been a claim for “pain and suffering” for the victim of neglect where the injuries result in their death. It was not until 2023 when Minn. Stat. § 573.02 was amended to add the claim “the recovery in the action is the amount the jury deems fair and just for all damages suffered by the decedent resulting from the injury prior to the decedent's death”, which includes pain and suffering.

Many cases of nursing home neglect and assisted living abuse involve situations where the resident suffered pain due to maltreatment in the facility. Often the neglect is a failure to notice the change in condition as it worsens. Other residents suffer from pain as the result of serious fractures, wounds, sepsis and other injuries.

Minnesota now allows for pain and suffering also related to the death of a resident who dies as a direct result of elder abuse or neglect.

Answer: The Minnesota Department of Health maintains a site to search for Health Care Provider Complaints. The site includes information about the complaints if they were substantiated as well as what measures were taken to improve the facility afterwards.

This MDH site provides information substantiated complaints against elder care providers on nursing home neglect, assisted living neglect, memory care neglect, group home and home care neglect. 

Answer: There is a Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting Hotline Center (MAARC), which intakes elder abuse and neglect concerns and is answered 24 hours a day at 1-844-880-1574.

Call MAARC to report complaints against elder care providers on nursing home neglect, assisted living neglect, memory care neglect, group home and home care neglect.