Indiana ResCare Patients May Have Suffered from Abuse and Neglect

Families trust home health care providers, group homes, and community living programs to protect people who may not be able to fully protect themselves. Many individuals in these settings have intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, behavioral needs, medical needs, mobility limitations, communication challenges, or other conditions that require careful supervision and qualified care.

When a vulnerable person is harmed in that setting, families are often left with painful questions.

• Was my loved one properly supervised? Were staff members trained for the level of care required?
• Were there warning signs that were ignored? Were medical changes, injuries, infections, dehydration, malnutrition, falls, wounds, medication issues, or behavioral changes addressed, or addressed quickly enough?
• Did ResCare hire or retain employees who should not have been caring for vulnerable people?
• Did understaffing, poor oversight, or corporate pressure contribute to the harm?

CohenMalad, LLP can help families investigate those questions and evaluate a potential medical malpractice claim.

Types of ResCare Neglect and Abuse Claims We Are Reviewing

Our investigating attorneys are focused on matters involving severe damages. Potential medical malpractice by ResCare staff or related care providers may involve:

• Serious injury or death.
• Severe neglect of a disabled child or adult.
• Physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, or exploitation
• Failure to monitor food, hydration, hygiene, medication, wounds, or to respond to signs of pain, illness, injury, infection, distress, or deterioration.
• Hiring or retaining employees with backgrounds that should have raised concerns, or failure to train, supervise, or remove unsafe caregivers.

If you are unsure whether what happened qualifies as medical malpractice, neglect, or abuse, our team can review the facts and help you understand your options.

Indiana's Malpractice Statute of Limitations is Most Often Two Years

A strong case assessment takes time, and Indiana has a short statute of limitations in medical malpractice matters. In many cases, a medical malpractice claim must be filed within two years of the alleged act, omission, or neglect.

Some exceptions may apply, but families or victims of medical malpractice should not assume they have more than two years to file a claim.

We strongly encourage you to request a potential case review as soon as possible if you suspect medical malpratice. Medical records often have to be ordered, reviewed, and analyzed. The care plan, staff notes, incident reports, medication records, hospital records, photographs, witness information, prior complaints, internal investigations, and state agency records may all matter.

Waiting until the statute of limitations is close can make it harder to investigate what happened and determine whether a legal claim can be brought.

That is why it is important to contact an attorney as soon as possible.

Free, Confidential Case Review

Our medical malpractice team is dedicated to helping patients and families understand their rights so they can make informed decisions. CohenMalad, LLP offers free, confidential, no-obligation assessments for families who believe a loved one may have been harmed by medical malpractice, neglect, or abuse related to ResCare's home health or community living based services.

If your loved one suffered serious harm while under the care of ResCare, ResCare Community Living, Indiana Mentor, or related staff, contact CohenMalad, LLP today.

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