Nursing Home Neglect Representation in Las Vegas, NV

Protecting Vulnerable Residents and Holding Care Facilities Accountable

Families trust nursing homes and long-term care facilities to provide safe, respectful, and attentive care. When a facility fails to meet that responsibility, the consequences can include serious injuries, declining health, emotional trauma, or wrongful death.

Flangas Law Firm represents Las Vegas families whose loved ones may have suffered neglect or abuse in a nursing home, assisted living community, rehabilitation center, or other residential care facility. Our attorneys examine what happened, preserve available evidence, identify the responsible parties, and pursue appropriate legal action.

If you are concerned about a resident’s immediate safety, do not wait. Seek emergency assistance when necessary and speak with an attorney about protecting your loved one’s rights.

What Is Nursing Home Neglect?

Nursing home neglect occurs when a facility or caregiver fails to provide the care, supervision, protection, or assistance a resident reasonably needs. Neglect may result from inadequate staffing, poor training, weak supervision, ignored care plans, unsafe conditions, or repeated failures to respond to a resident’s needs.

Neglect does not always involve an intentional act. A resident can suffer serious harm when necessary care is delayed, overlooked, or never provided.

Examples may include:

Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Are Not the Same

Neglect generally involves a failure to provide necessary care. Abuse involves intentional conduct that harms, threatens, intimidates, or exploits a resident.

A legal claim may involve one or both. Forms of nursing home abuse may include:

Physical Abuse

Hitting, pushing, restraining, handling a resident roughly, or using physical force without a legitimate care-related reason.

Emotional or Psychological Abuse

Threatening, humiliating, isolating, intimidating, insulting, or deliberately frightening a resident.

Sexual Abuse

Any nonconsensual sexual contact or conduct involving a resident who cannot provide informed consent.

Financial Exploitation

Improperly taking or using a resident’s money, property, accounts, identification, or legal authority.

Improper Use of Restraints

Using physical or chemical restraints for punishment, convenience, or another reason unrelated to the resident’s legitimate medical needs.

Warning Signs of Nursing Home Neglect

Some residents cannot clearly explain what happened because of illness, disability, medication, fear, or cognitive decline. Family members should pay attention to physical, emotional, and environmental changes.

Possible warning signs include:

• Unexplained bruises, cuts, burns, or fractures
• Repeated falls or emergency room visits
• Bedsores or pressure injuries
• Sudden weight loss
• Dehydration or malnutrition
• Poor personal hygiene
• Soiled clothing or bedding
• Medication errors
• Untreated infections
• Frequent urinary tract infections
• Wandering or elopement
• Sudden fear, anxiety, withdrawal, or depression
• Changes in behavior around particular caregivers
• Missing money or personal belongings
• Unexplained financial transactions
• Delayed notification of an injury or health change
• Staff members who refuse to answer questions
• Inconsistent explanations about an incident
• Unsafe or unsanitary facility conditions

One warning sign does not automatically prove neglect. A pattern of injuries, poor care, missing records, or unexplained changes may justify further investigation.

Common Injuries Caused by Nursing Home Neglect

Older adults and medically vulnerable residents may experience severe complications from conditions that initially appear minor. Nursing home neglect can contribute to:

• Pressure ulcers and infected bedsores
• Broken bones
• Head and brain injuries
• Medication-related injuries
• Dehydration
• Malnutrition
• Infections and sepsis
• Choking or aspiration injuries
• Loss of mobility
• Emotional distress
• Worsening medical conditions
• Hospitalization
• Wrongful death

Prompt medical attention can protect the resident’s health while also documenting injuries and changes in condition.

Who May Be Responsible for Nursing Home Neglect?

Responsibility depends on who caused the harm and why it occurred. Potentially responsible parties may include:

• The nursing home or care facility
• A facility owner or management company
• Nurses and nursing assistants
• Physicians or medical providers
• Third-party staffing companies
• Contractors responsible for food, security, maintenance, or transportation
• Other individuals whose actions contributed to the harm

A facility may be responsible for its own policies and practices or for the conduct of employees acting within their duties. In some cases, multiple parties may share responsibility.

How Flangas Law Firm Investigates Nursing Home Neglect

Nursing home cases often require a detailed review of medical information, facility records, staffing practices, and communication between caregivers and family members.

Our legal team may investigate by:

• Reviewing medical and hospital records
• Obtaining the resident’s care plan
• Examining medication administration records
• Reviewing incident and accident reports
• Evaluating staffing schedules and assignments
• Preserving photographs and video evidence
• Interviewing witnesses
• Reviewing communications with the facility
• Examining inspection or complaint records
• Identifying prior warnings or repeated safety problems
• Consulting qualified medical or long-term-care professionals when appropriate
• Calculating the physical, emotional, and financial harm caused

Facilities control much of the evidence related to daily care. Speaking with an attorney early may help preserve records before they are lost, changed, or routinely destroyed.

What Compensation May Be Available?

A nursing home neglect claim may seek compensation for losses caused by the facility’s conduct. Depending on the circumstances, recoverable damages may include:

• Medical and hospital expenses
• The cost of corrective or future care
• Relocation expenses
• Physical pain and suffering
• Emotional distress
• Disability or loss of mobility
• Loss of quality of life
• Financial losses caused by exploitation
• Funeral and burial costs
• Wrongful death damages
• Other losses recognized under Nevada law

The value of a claim depends on the evidence, severity of the harm, available insurance or assets, and other case-specific factors.

What to Do If You Suspect Nursing Home Neglect

Address Immediate Safety Concerns

Call 911 when a resident faces immediate danger or requires emergency medical attention. If needed, ask the facility or medical team about moving the resident to a safer environment.

Document What You Observe

Write down dates, names, conversations, symptoms, and changes in the resident’s condition. Photograph visible injuries or unsafe conditions when legally permitted.

Preserve Relevant Records

Keep medical bills, care plans, facility agreements, emails, text messages, photographs, financial records, and other documents related to the resident’s care.

Report the Concern

Families may report facility-related concerns to the appropriate Nevada oversight agency. The Nevada Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program also assists residents of long-term care facilities with complaints and resident-rights concerns.

Speak With an Attorney

An attorney can evaluate whether the available facts may support a civil claim, explain applicable deadlines, and take steps to preserve evidence.

Do not confront suspected abusers in a way that could place the resident or another person at greater risk.

Nursing Home Wrongful Death Claims

When neglect or abuse contributes to a resident’s death, eligible family members or estate representatives may be able to pursue a wrongful death claim.

These cases may involve unanswered questions about falls, infections, medication errors, untreated conditions, malnutrition, dehydration, or delayed emergency care. Flangas Law Firm can examine the available records, determine who may be responsible, and explain the legal options available to the family.

Why Choose Flangas Law Firm?

A Las Vegas Legal Legacy Since 1958

Flangas Law Firm has served the Las Vegas community since 1958. The firm combines its long-standing Nevada presence with personalized attention to each client’s circumstances.

Experienced Civil Litigation Representation

Nursing home claims may involve personal injury law, professional negligence, facility regulations, insurance disputes, and complex questions about medical care. Our civil litigation team evaluates these connected issues when developing a legal strategy.

Thorough Investigation

We examine the available records, timeline, injuries, facility conduct, and possible causes of harm. Our goal is to understand not only what happened, but why it was allowed to happen.

Personalized Legal Guidance

Every resident’s medical needs, living conditions, and injuries are different. We listen to the family, explain the available options, and build a strategy around the specific facts.

Determined Advocacy

When a facility or insurer disputes responsibility, our attorneys are prepared to pursue the evidence and advocate for the resident and family through negotiation or litigation.