Tacoma Elder Abuse Lawyers
Washington Elder Abuse Law
The Bernard Law Group represents Seattle nursing home abuse and elder abuse clients throughout the State of Washington, including the following areas:
Elder abuse refers to the mistreatment of a person who is of significant age and cannot fully care for either him or herself. As far as Washington State Legislature is concerned, an elder or vulnerable adult (as far as the Revised Code of Washington is concerned), is any person that:
- Sixty years of age or older who has the functional, mental, or physical inability to care for himself or herself; or
- Found incapacitated under chapter 11.88RCW; or
- Who has a developmental disability as defined under RCW 71A.10.020; or
- Admitted to any facility; or
- Receiving services from home health, hospice, or home care agencies licensed or required to be licensed under chapter 70.127RCW; or
- Receiving services from an individual provider
Abuse can take on a variety of forms, including physical abuse, mental abuse, or exploitation of some kind. Revised Code of Washington 74.34.020 defines the various types of abuse as the following:
- Abandonment: action or inaction by a person or entity with a duty of care for a vulnerable adult that leaves the vulnerable person without the means or ability to obtain necessary food, clothing, shelter, or health care.
- Abuse: willful action or inaction that inflicts injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment on a vulnerable adult.
- Financial exploitation: the illegal or improper use of the property, income, resources, or trust funds of the vulnerable adult by any person for any person's profit or advantage other than for the vulnerable adult's profit or advantage
- "Neglect" means (a) a pattern of conduct or inaction by a person or entity with a duty of care that fails to provide the goods and services that maintain physical or mental health of a vulnerable adult, or that fails to avoid or prevent physical or mental harm or pain to a vulnerable adult; or (b) an act or omission that demonstrates a serious disregard of consequences of such a magnitude as to constitute a clear and present danger to the vulnerable adult's health, welfare, or safety
If you or a loved one is a victim of elder abuse, please don’t hesitate to call the Seattle Washington elder abuse lawyers of the Bernard Law Group. Our attorneys have an excellent understanding of all applicable Washington elder abuse laws, and will ensure that your rights are upheld in a court of law.
