Has Your Loved One Been Neglected or Abused at a Nursing Home?

Seniors living in nursing homes rely heavily on their caregivers. When they are neglected the results can be heart-breaking. Their vulnerability makes them a target for physical, emotional or even sexual abuse. Each victim responds differently from signs withdrawal to explosions of unexplained anger. Remember that you know your loved one best, and if he or she has complained about a nurse or attendant please take their complaints seriously.

How Common Are Reports of Abuse?

As more and more of the elderly enter senior living communities, the reports of elder abuse continue to rise. Neglect can result in malnourishment, dehydration, infection, bed sores and falling all of which can be fatal to someone of advanced years.

How Can I Recognize Abuse?

Look at the hygiene in the senior’s room. Is it as clean as it should be? How often is food and water being brought in? Have there been in any major emotional changes in your loved one? Physical abuse and neglect manifest themselves with certain symptoms.

Signs of Physical Abuse

• Bruises, cuts, black-eyes or burns that cannot be explained by the facility or that often reappear
• Crying out in pain without a visible injury
• Depressed, distant or apathetic in attitude
• Does not react to physical pain

Signs of Neglect

• Weight loss and dehydration
• Bad personal hygiene
• Dirty or stained clothes
• Complaints of hunger or thirst
• Left alone for long periods of time
• Calling out for an aide but no one responds
• Bed sores also called pressure sores

Conditions like Alzheimer’s and dementia can make it hard for a nursing home resident to describe what they are experiencing. Keep a close eye on your loved one, and contact a nursing home abuse lawyer if they show signs of neglect.

Our lawyers handle a variety of cases dealing with seniors who have been hurt including:

• Abandonment
• Elderly Neglect
• Elopement
• Mental & Emotional Abuse
• Nursing Home Negligence
• Physical Abuse

Report Abuse, Get a Lawyer’s Help

Reporting elder abuse is important for your family and families of other potential victims. At the Rasansky Law Firm our lawyers are committed to helping your loved one by getting your family compensation and by ensuring that the institution responsible does not continue to endanger the lives of others. Call for your free consultation and get the help you need today.