Tampa Nursing Home Lawyer Fights the Neglect & Abuse of Florida's Most Vulnerable Citizens

Nursing home abuse and neglect is inexcusable and unforgivable. Often frail and weak, patients in Tampa Bay area nursing homes and assisted living facilities are completely dependent upon their caregivers. When nursing homes fail, it's the patients who suffer.

During our years of fighting these injustices as a Tampa nursing home lawyer, we have been informed of many abusive and negligent nursing home situations. Proudly serving Tampa as well as surrounding communities in Pinellas, Pasco, Manatee, Citrus, Polk, and Hernando counties, the Law Office of Dale Appell, P.A. is ready to investigate these tragedies and fight for justice, for you. From Tampa to Clearwater and St Petersburg to Palm Harbor, the following are some possible nursing home situations in which you should consult our Tampa personal injury attorney:

• Failure to provide nutrition (malnutrition)
• Failure to provide fluids (dehydration)
• Failure to maintain a patient's personal hygiene
• Unsanitary and unsafe conditions in the nursing home
• Weight loss
• Falls
• Physical restraint
• Verbal abuse
• Physical abuse
• Sexual abuse
• Medication errors resulting in a drug injury
• Overmedication and sedation
• Under-medication
• Cuts, bruises, and open wounds
• Pressure sores (bed sores)
• Infections
• Delay in obtaining medical care
• Broken bones
• Wrongful death

Nursing home patients may be unable to confront the injustices of their living conditions, but an experienced nursing home lawyer can be the voice that fights nursing home abuse and neglect. If one of your loved ones has suffered because of neglect or abuse in a Tampa Bay area nursing home, please call or e-mail a Tampa nursing home lawyer at the Law Offices of Dale Appell, P.A. for a free evaluation of your case. Once you retain our law firm, we work on a contingency fee basis, which means you will pay nothing unless there is a financial recovery in your case.