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Elder Abuse - Nursing Home Neglect
When you take an elderly relative to a nursing home or to the hospital for a visit, the last thing on your mind is whether he or she is going to be taken care of. It is a given in this country that we treat our elders deservingly. The health and elder care professions have set a high standard of quality. But sometimes this standard is subverted.
Elder 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. According to the National Center on Elder Abuse in 2008, an estimated two to ten percent of elderly American suffer elder abuse in some form every year.
Are you or someone you know a victim of nursing home neglect? If so, contact our elder abuse lawyers right now.
There are many ways physical elder abuse can present itself, such as:
- Bed Sores
- Malnutrition
- Dehydration
- Bruises
- Broken Bones
- Poor Hygiene
Elder abuse, according to the Welfare & Institutions Code, 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."
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 and check them for signs of physical abuse.