Nursing homes are designed to provide high-quality care to residents whose families cannot care for their elderly or disabled loved ones on their own. However, residents at nursing homes and assisted living facilities may be at risk of abuse and neglect. Sokolove Law has recovered hundreds of ...
Sometimes, the only way victims of abuse and their loved ones feel like they can get closure is tofile a lawsuitagainst negligent nursing homes.Nursing home law firmsfocus on helping families impacted by neglect or abuse in a care facility. ...
What makes detecting the signs of sexual abuse in nursing homes even more problematic is that many nursing home residents have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia that make accurate reporting of abuse far more challenging. The signs of sexual abuse in nursing homes may include: ...
Recent Reports of Abuse in Nursing HomesDana Shilling
abuse and/or neglect. The main types of nursing home abuse involve physical and sexual assault, deprivation of nourishment, and forced unauthorized medication. Too many nursing homes are being found guilty of neglect as well. It is important to educate yourself on how to identify the signs and...
When most people think of improper patient care in nursing homes, they think of physical abuse. This is a serious problem in nursing homes and can lead to injuries, illnesses, and other severe complications to the victim’s health. However, what is more common is the neglect of the nursing...
Rasansky takes an aggressive stance against disreputable nursing homes and other elder care facilities at fault and encourages reporting elder abuse, senior neglect, nursing home negligence, and wrongful death. Dallas, Texas-based nursing home lawyer Jeff Rasansky goes to work each morning with one mi...
Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers fighting for those abused or neglected in nursing homes throughout the U.S.
However, seniors can still suffer serious injuries in nursing homes. In far too many cases, these injuries stem fromnursing home abuse. Abuse can leave seniors traumatized, permanently disabled, or worse. Commonnursing home injuriesinclude:
By law, nursing homes must provide care to maintain the highest practicable physical, mental and psycho-social well-being of each resident. Federal and state laws were designed to protect nursing home residents and the abuse or neglect that occurs there and in other assisted living facilities. Ma...