About Nursing Home Abuse

Many of us entrust the care of a loved family member to a nursing home, as they need ongoing medical and nursing care due to age or a physical condition.  We rarely think that our loved one may be abused in this environment.  This is a heartbreaking and terrible situation, and sadly, it does occur far too frequently.  The loved one in the nursing home can suffer terrible harm under the hands of unethical staff, including physical abuse, sexual abuse, over-medication, failing to provide proper hygiene, neglect and malnutrition.  Such a case, when discovered, requires the assistance of an experienced personal injury lawyer to initiate a civil claim against the nursing home who has harmed the family member.  This is an important matter for the family, as the loved one has suffered, and has probably received physical and mental damage due to the actions of the nursing home.  Law enforcement usually gets involved in these cases as well, and if your family member has been a victim, it is likely there are others who face the same terrible situation.

Nursing Home Negligence and Claims

The conditions that have been discovered in earlier cases are extremely shocking, and it is difficult to believe that the nursing home administrators could allow these crimes to happen.  Some patients are given so much medication that they are rarely awake, and if they are, they can barely speak or function.  In other cases, they threaten or beat the patients to keep them quiet, and this can be observed by the patient being constantly fearful, flinching, and showing bruising on their arms or legs.

Nursing homes are commercial enterprises, and no one expects them to operate without a profit.  However, a profit earned on the backs of helpless victims is unacceptable and illegal.  If you suspect nursing home abuse, and have seen the signs in your loved one, it is crucial that you contact a skilled personal injury lawyer as well as law enforcement before further crimes take place.