The right nursing home can be a community where a loved one lives out their later years with support and comfort. Tragically, for countless elderly adults, life in a nursing home turns into a nightmare. Nursing home abuse is a serious issue. It’s important to be aware of the risk and know the signs. If you suspect a loved one is being abused in their nursing home, you should contact a nursing home abuse attorney as soon as possible.
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What Is Nursing Home Abuse?
Nursing homes are responsible for caring for their residents’ physical, mental, and emotional well-being. When these responsibilities are seriously neglected or intentionally violated, the result is nursing home abuse. This abuse can take many forms.
Physical, mental, emotional, verbal, sexual, and financial abuse can all occur in nursing homes.
Nursing home abuse typically happens for one of two reasons — intentional abuse or neglect. The first is when a nursing home resident is intentionally harmed, as in sexual abuse by an employee. The other is abuse that occurs due to neglect. Neglect in nursing homes is usually due to issues like understaffing and insufficient training.
Signs of Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes
Know How to Protect Your Loved One
Because nursing home abuse can take many forms, it’s not always easy to identify when it’s happening. Some of the most common signs of elder abuse in a nursing home include:
- Torn, stained, or bloody bedding or clothing
- Hair loss
- Frequent infections
- Poor hygiene such as the smell of urine or feces
- Abrasions or burns
- Open cuts, wounds, or bed sores
- Unusual bleeding or bruising.
It’s also important to recognize that nursing home abuse may not always manifest through physical symptoms. Additional warning signs to be aware of include:
- Emotional or behavioral changes
- Mood swings
- Withdrawn behavior
- Fearfulness
- Not wanting visitors
- Not engaging with visitors, other residents, or staff
- Missing money or personal belongings.
Anytime you suspect that something isn’t right with the treatment your loved one is receiving, you should speak with their doctor and consult a nursing home abuse lawyer.
Don’t wait to get help. Contact Wapner Newman today at (215) 569-0900 to speak with a nursing home abuse lawyer in Pennsylvania or New Jersey.
How Our Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers Can Help
A nursing home abuse lawyer helps by first advising you on the immediate steps you should take to ensure your loved one is safe and their physical needs are being met. Then, a lawyer will help you take action against the nursing home or the responsible parties, helping ensure that other residents don’t suffer similar abuse.
You may be able to recover compensation for the abuse a loved one endured in a nursing home.
An attorney for nursing home abuse works to help you recover nursing home abuse compensation through the nursing home’s insurance provider. Abuse in a nursing home can also take a severe toll on a loved one’s health and quality of life. A nursing home abuse lawyer will help you explore your options for recovering damages for the abuse your loved one was forced to endure at the hands of their caretakers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here, you’ll find answers to common questions about pursuing nursing home abuse compensation.
Is nursing home abuse always intentional?
Sometimes malicious intent is the reason for nursing home abuse. However, understaffing and improper training are more common issues in nursing homes. A lack of resources often results in serious health concerns like bedsores, malnutrition, and infection.
Does a nursing home abuse case involve criminal charges?
Nursing home abuse can be a criminal matter that requires pressing charges against individual employees or administrators. Your lawyer will advise you on the steps your case requires.
What is nursing home abuse compensation?
Nursing home abuse compensation covers costs related to the abuse, like medical bills for illness or injury. It may also include compensation for emotional damage or pain and suffering.
How much do nursing home abuse lawyers cost?
The nursing home abuse lawyers at Wapner Newman only take payment if and when we win your case, with no upfront fees.
Learn more about how a nursing home abuse attorney can help by contacting Wapner Newman for a free consultation.
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Wapner Newman Is Ready to Help
If you suspect nursing home abuse in Pennsylvania or New Jersey, the experienced nursing home abuse attorneys at Wapner Newman can help. We’ll investigate your claim and help you fight to recover nursing home abuse compensation.
Call Wapner Newman today at (215) 569-0900 and discuss your concerns during a free consultation with an experienced nursing home abuse attorney.