| Nursing Home Abuse/Neglect has become a
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| | be verbal assaults, insults, threats,
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| scary epidemic found in many countries.
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| | intimidation, humiliation, and/or
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| An elderly person needs constant
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| | harassment. In addition, it is considered
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| attention and is therefore, entrusted to
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| | abuse to treat a capable resident as an
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| a nursing home which is supposed to take
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| | child, giving the resident a "silent
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| care of their needs. Residents at these
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| | treatment", or isolating them from his
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| nursing homes are paying for the service
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| | her family, friends, or even regular
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| and receive a very poor service in
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| | activities.
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| return. Their needs are ignored and they
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| | Neglect This is defined as the refusal by
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| are not treated with respect. Some might
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| | the worker to fulfill his or her
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| even die because of negligence. This
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| | obligations to the resident of a nursing
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| unfortunately has been growing and it can
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| | home. It includes failing to give
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| be very hard to prove this abuse. It is
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| | necessary care such as food, water, fresh
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| usually covered up by the staff at
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| | clothing, personal hygiene, medicine,
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| nursing homes.
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| | safety or even comfort.
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| There have been plenty of research done
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| | Abandonment, is also very serioius.
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| privately and by the government about the
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| | Abandonment is basicly the desertion of a
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| danger and abuse that people can suffer
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| | nursing home resident by a nursing home
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| in a nursing home. In 1997, Time Magazine
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| | worker who has assumed responsibility for
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| suggested that as many as 35,000
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| | providing care for the resident in
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| Americans were dying before their time,
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| | question.
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| or suffering unnecessary pain.
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| | Financial or Material Exploitation This
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| There are different types of abuse:
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| | is the illegal or improper use of funds,
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| Physical Abuse This causes a body injury,
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| | property or assets of a nursing home
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| physical pain, or impairment. Some of the
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| | resident. It can be cashing a resident's
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| more common practices of physical abuse
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| | checks without permission, forging a
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| include striking, with or without an
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| | signature, stealing money or any other
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| object, hitting, beating, pushing,
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| | belonging, deceiving so that a resident
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| shoving, shaking, slapping, kicking,
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| | may sign any document (contracts or
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| pinching, and also burning. There is also
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| | will), and the improper use of
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| the unnessessary use of drugs and
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| | guardianship, or power of attorney.
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| physical restraints, force-feeding, and
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| | There have been plenty of lawsuits to
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| physical punishment that also fall under
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| | combat these people who take advantage of
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| the physical abuse criteria.
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| | the most vulnerable. Unfortunately,
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| Sexual Abuse Sexual abuse is a
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| | nursing home abuse is still a threat
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| nonconsensual sexual contact of any kind
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| | today and it must be acted upon. The
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| with a nursing home resident. Sexual
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| | message must be sent that these crimes
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| abuse can be anything from unwanted
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| | will not go unpunished. If you or anyone
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| touching, sexual assault, rape, sodomy,
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| | you know has encountered any of these
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| coerced nudity or even nude photography.
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| | types of abuses, it is imperative to file
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| Emotional or Psychological Abuse This is
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| | a complaint in order to prevent any
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| inflicting anguish, pain, or distress
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| | further abuse from taking place.
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| through verbal or nonverbal acts. It can
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