Nursing Home Negligence Lawyers

Placing a parent in a nursing home or trusting a hospital with your recovery is a difficult decision. You rely on these facilities to provide safety, hygiene, and dignity. When you walk in and find your loved one sitting in soiled sheets, suffering from unexplained bruises, or losing weight rapidly, it isn't just "old age." It is Patient Neglect.

At Freeman Childers, we know that neglect is rarely an accident. It is a business decision. Large corporate chains buy up nursing homes in Kentucky and Tennessee, cut staffing levels to the bone to save money, and leave a skeleton crew to care for dozens of vulnerable patients.

We fight for the voiceless. Whether it happened in a Corbin nursing home, a Lexington rehab center, or a rural hospital, we demand accountability.

The "Silent" Epidemic: Bedsores (Pressure Ulcers)

The most undeniable sign of neglect is a bedsore.

• The Standard: Medical standards require immobile patients to be turned and repositioned every 2 hours.

• The Failure: When staff is overworked, they skip these turns. Pressure builds on the tailbone or heels, cutting off blood flow.

• The Result: The skin dies, creating a gaping wound (Stage 3 or 4) that easily becomes infected, leading to sepsis and death. If your loved one has a bedsore, the facility failed them. Period.

Falls & Drop Accidents

"Grandma just fell" is the most common excuse nursing homes give. But falls are preventable.

• Transfer Injuries: Did two staff members assist with the Hoyer Lift as required, or did one person try to do it alone and drop the patient?

• Call Light Fatigue: Did the patient ring for help to use the bathroom, wait 45 minutes with no answer, and finally try to get up alone out of desperation?

• Bed Alarms: Did the facility fail to use alarms on a patient known to wander (dementia)?

Malnutrition & Dehydration

Sudden, rapid weight loss is a major red flag.

• Feeding Assistance: Many patients cannot feed themselves. If staff drops off a tray and leaves, the patient starves.

• Hydration: Dehydration leads to confusion, urinary tract infections (UTIs), and kidney failure. We check the fluid intake logs to prove the staff falsified the records.

Specific Facilities We Investigate

We handle cases against all types of care facilities:

• Nursing Homes (Long-Term Care): For chronic neglect of the elderly.

• Rehabilitation Centers: Short-term facilities (post-surgery) where patients are often ignored because "they'll be leaving soon."

• Assisted Living: Facilities that claim to offer independence but fail to intervene when a resident's health declines.

• Hospitals: Patients left in ER hallways or ignored in recovery rooms.

Staffing Ratios: The Root Cause

We dig deep into the corporate records. We don't just sue the nurse; we sue the company that set her up to fail.

• Understaffing: We compare the facility's posted staffing schedule with the actual payroll records. We often find "Ghost Shift" staffing—where they claim to have 5 nurses but only paid 2.

Suspect Neglect?

Trust your gut. Take photos of bruises or sores immediately. Then call 606-528-1000 to stop the abuse.