Nursing Home Abuse
Nursing homes are places where the elderly reside to recuperate from injuries or bad health, or if they or their family are unable to take care of their basic needs. There are over 600 nursing homes in New York state with an estimated 100,000 residents. We can assist you if you or anyone you know has been a victim of nursing home abuse. Our lawyers are willing evaluate your case for free.
Contact our New York Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer in Brooklyn, at Weinstein, Chase, Messinger and Peters
Nursing home abuse is a serious concern.Nobody wants to see his or her parents or grandparents suffer from neglect and abuse in hospices and nursing homes for the elderly.
Elder abuse, according to the Welfare & Institutions Code Law, Section 15610.07, is any "physical abuse, neglect, financial abuse, abandonment, isolation, abduction or other treatment with resulting in physical harm or pain or mental suffering, or the deprivation by a care custodian of goods or services that are necessary to avoid physical harm or mental suffering."
There are many ways physical elder abuse can present itself, such as:
- Bed Sores
- Malnutrition
- Dehydration
- Bruises
- Broken Bones
- Poor Hygiene
- Heavy Medication or Sedation
- Rapid weight loss or weight gain
- Unexplained Death
Financial abuse may present itself by substantial losses of money is stored accounts. Neglect, isolation, and abduction are difficult to observe, but you can take preventative measures to assure that they do not happen to anyone.
- If an elderly loved one is put in a nursing home, make frequent trips to see how they are doing.
- Ask them if they are being treated fairly and equally - resident rights.
- Check them for signs of physical abuse.
- Nursing home inspections
- Written plan of care for therapy services
Please contact our lawyers if you know anyone that has experienced nursing home abuse. The first step in fighting nursing home abuse is to spread awareness of it. We are willing to fight for you
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