NURSING HOME MALPRACTICE

Elderly people and those needing special and/or constant medical attention often find themselves in the care of a nursing home. Though this usually brings about the desired and satisfactory result, there are cases when it certainly does not. Nursing home malpractice has become a problem in this country. In fact, there would not be nearly enough room to recount all of the horror stories illustrating some kind of nursing home malpractice. According to federal statistics, 30% of nursing homes have been determined to be guilty of some dangerous violation.

Much of the malpractice that occurs in a nursing home is a result of general neglect, and sometimes specific abuse. Malnourishment, inattentiveness, inappropriate administering of prescription drugs and malicious abandonment are some of the things that can take place within a nursing home. The abuse of patients is of particular concern, whether it be physical abuse, which can take the form of punishment, physical force, drug misuse, etc.; emotional abuse, inflicting distress upon patients, whether it be verbal or non-verbal; or the unthinkable - sexual abuse, which is an increasing problem. Even otherwise well-meaning establishments might not to be able offer the kind of care a reasonable person might expect, because there is simply not enough staff.

In other instances, the nursing home may not have taken enough care in its hiring procedures, employing emotional unstable or vastly undertrained or unqualified personnel, which can play a big part in the malpractice that can take place within its grounds. .

For patients in the nursing home, contact with the outside world may be very limited, so some of the transgressions can go undiscovered for lengthy periods of time. Elders are especially vulnerable to man-spirited individuals, since they can not offer much in the way of resistance.

Unfortunately, if you are the victim of malpractice at a nursing home, you would likely not have the kind of access to the internet that would allow you to read this message. But if you suspect a loved one has been abused, abandoned or otherwise mistreated in a nursing home atmosphere, please do not hesitate to contact us, because we can be of help.

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