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There are well over 1 million elderly and dependent adults now living in nursing homes throughout the country. Unfortunately, abuse and neglect has become a widespread problem. Although some nursing homes do provide excellent care, many are subjecting helpless residents to needless suffering and death.
Most residents in nursing homes are dependent on the staff for most or all their daily needs such as food, water, medicine, grooming, stimulation and turning. The sad truth is that many residents in nursing homes today are starved, dehydrated, over-medicated, and suffer painful pressure sores.
They are often isolated, ignored and deprived of social contact and stimulation. Because of insufficient or poorly trained staff sometimes found in nursing homes (a problem caused by corporate owners who are more concerned about their bottom line than the care they should be providing), care givers are often overworked and grossly underpaid. That often results in rude and abusive behavior to vulnerable residents who beg them for simple needs such as water or to be taken to the bathroom.
Abuse in a nursing home includes the following:
Assault,
Battery,
Unreasonable physical restraint,
Deprivation of food or water,
Use of medication for any purpose not prescribed by a physician.
Neglect means the negligent failure of any person having the care or custody of an elder or a dependent adult to exercise that degree of care which a reasonable person in a like position would exercise.
Neglect includes, but is not limited to:
Failure to assist in personal hygiene,
Failure to provide adequate food, clothing or shelter,
Failure to protect from health or safety hazards.
If you or a loved one have been seriously injured while a resident of a nursing home, you may be entitled to monetary compensation for your loss.
If you have questions concerning this or any other legal matter, please contact our office. There will be no charge for the consultation
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