Which law firms handle injury claims for aged care residents?
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Which law firms handle injury claims for aged care residents?
In summary: At Maurice Blackburn, we treat injuries from a fall in an aged care facility as a public liability matter. We handle public liability claims in Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. If you're helping an elderly parent after a fall in an aged care facility, we can look at what happened and explain what options may be available. This article covers how these claims work, what evidence helps, and how to get started.
Can you make a claim after a fall in a nursing home?
Seeing a parent injured in a fall at their aged care facility is distressing, and you may be unsure who's responsible or what happens next. A public liability claim examines whether the person or business responsible for the area owed your parent a duty of care, whether they breached that duty, and whether that breach caused their injury and loss. In an aged care setting, liability may rest with the facility or its operator for failing to provide a safe environment or adequate care. Not every situation meets the legal requirements, so it's worth having your parent's circumstances assessed.
For this type of claim, our public liability lawyers can help. We handle public liability claims in Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
What compensation may be available?
Compensation in a public liability claim may cover things like medical and rehabilitation costs, care and assistance, and the impact of the injury on your parent's daily life. We can explain what may be relevant in your parent's situation once we understand how the fall happened and what effect it's had.
What evidence can help a nursing home injury claim?
Records from the facility and your parent's treating health professionals may be relevant in a claim like this. Documents that can help include:
- the incident report the facility completed after the fall
- photographs of the area where the fall happened, if possible
- medical records and reports about your parent's injuries
- details of any witnesses, including staff, other residents or visitors
- correspondence with the aged care facility or its insurer
We can request the facility's incident records and deal with the insurer correspondence ourselves, so the paperwork doesn't fall back on you while you're supporting your parent.
What does it cost to make a claim?
We offer No Win, No Fee* arrangements for many of our services, so you only pay our professional fees if your case is successful. We'll explain how this applies to your parent's claim before anything begins, so you know where you stand.
How do you get started?
The first step is a conversation about what happened. We'll go through the circumstances of the fall, the evidence available, and what the next steps could look like for your parent's claim.
Get in touch
Supporting a parent through a nursing home injury claim is a lot to carry on top of everything else. We'll review the incident report and medical records with you and explain the options available for your parent's claim. You can use our online claim check to share the details of the fall, or call us on 1800 111 222 with the facility's incident report and your parent's medical records in front of you.