Make sure you have contacted a lawyer before communicating with the assisted living facility. Often, the assisted living facility’s representative will try to get you to say something that could reduce the facility's responsibility. For example, the representative might try to get you to say that you asked their caregivers not to provide care for you during a certain time, or that you may have contributed to your own slip and fall accident by going out while feeling wobbly or medically unstable.
Not only that, the representative may try to offer you a settlement right off the bat. That offer rarely reflects the compensation you really deserve for the injury. The facility’s insurance company, however, will pressure you to take the offer, sometimes telling you they won’t offer as much in the future if you don’t take the settlement right away.
An attorney can make sure that you understand the full compensation you deserve for the injuries you sustained because of the assisted living facility’s negligence so you do not inadvertently accept less than you deserve under pressure from the facility or its insurance company. The attorney can also help negotiate on your behalf and give you more information about what you should say and how you should communicate with the facility to preserve your claim.