How important is family involvement in nursing home abuse cases?

When it comes to a nursing home case, it is essential that the entire family be involved and work with Brown and Crouppen, and work with our firm, to get that case across the finish line. This can be challenging because a lot of times families they’re embarrassed sometimes to call a lawyer about something that happened to their father or their mother in a nursing home. They feel personally responsible because they think, oh you know, I’m the one that that put them there. I put them in harm’s way. But, people can’t think like that. You trusted your loved one to somebody else’s care, and you have the same right to expect top level attention just like if you put your child in daycare. Think about how outraged you would be if something happened to your child in daycare. Well I tell you, if something happens to an elderly person in a nursing home, you will be every bit as outraged. But, in order for the jury to truly understand what this person’s damages meant, they need to hear from the family. The family needs to be able to say: this is what my mother was able to do before this neglect and now she’s a she’s a shell of herself and it’s because of the negligence of the people that were hired and paid handsomely to take care of her. Family involvement is key.