| With more and more of the United States | | | | and right to seek legal attention. A |
| population aging, nursing home and | | | | compassionate, experienced nursing home |
| elderly communities are constantly | | | | abuse lawyer can help you understand |
| expanding to help accommodate more | | | | your legal rights and guide you towards |
| patients. Tragically however, nursing | | | | an appropriate course of action. |
| home abuse of the elderly is becoming | | | | In addition to common types of nursing |
| one of the most widespread crimes in | | | | home abuse, there are also several other |
| America. Nursing home patients are | | | | types of abuse. Mental, physical, |
| vulnerable from many types of abuse | | | | neglect and exploitation are all other |
| ranging from physical violence to theft | | | | forms of abuse that can happen in |
| of property. | | | | nursing homes. Mental abuse can include |
| Many common types of nursing home abuse | | | | fear, depression, withdrawal, behavior |
| cases have been caused by under | | | | changes, weird behavior patterns, |
| qualified and inexperienced staff | | | | unwillingness to communicate and |
| members. Employees are sometimes unable | | | | specific complains by the resident. |
| to handle certain situations and have | | | | Physical abuse can include cuts, burns, |
| been known to take out their | | | | bruises, swelling, broken bones, |
| frustrations on residents of the nursing | | | | restraints and other wounds. Neglect can |
| homes. Studies show that over half of | | | | include bed sores, smells of urine and |
| the suspicious deaths researched in | | | | feces, unkempt appearance, untreated |
| nursing homes might have been causes by | | | | medical conditions and other complaints. |
| neglect or negligence including | | | | Explotation / Financial abuse can be the |
| dehydration and malnutrition. | | | | selling of property, missing or stolen |
| Because of conditions such as dementia | | | | property and specific complaints by the |
| and Alzheimer's, older adults are very | | | | resident. |
| vulnerable to abuse. History of domestic | | | | Many times a loved one has been a victim |
| violence may also make certain seniors | | | | of the terrible and inhumane actions of |
| more susceptible to abuse in a nursing | | | | a nursing home employee or supervisors. |
| home. | | | | If this is the case, it's your main |
| Placing a loved one in a nursing home | | | | concern to seek immediate and |
| can be one of the most difficult | | | | experienced medical treatment and then |
| decisions a loved one is forced to make. | | | | contact a lawyer. With such emotional |
| Often times this decision is very | | | | conditions, it is often times very hard |
| emotional, and not thought out entirely. | | | | to remember the legal rights that the |
| When you enroll a loved one into a | | | | victim of the abuse has. The first step |
| nursing home you are entrusting the | | | | in pursuing your neglect case is to |
| caregivers with more than just money. | | | | contact a qualified attorney. They will |
| You are entrusting them with a life of a | | | | determine whether or not a legal claim |
| loved one. In the event that a loved one | | | | should be made and whether or not the |
| has been victimized by the actions of a | | | | case should even be pursued. Contact an |
| nursing home employee, it is your duty | | | | attorney today. |