Practice areas
Nursing Home Abuse
The population is aging, a trend which is projected to continue for
decades. As the population ages, the need for us to utilize nursing
homes and assisted living facilities to provide continuing care for
our family members will continue to increase as well. When place a
loved one in a nursing home or assisted living care facility, we are
placing the highest degree of trust in the institution, its physicians,
nurses, and staff to provide professional and compassionate care for
our loved ones.
Unfortunately, far too often, the trust we place in these institutions
is unwarranted. Whether due to inadequate staffing, poor training,
inattention to detail, failure to properly screen employees’
backgrounds, and at times even intentionally malicious behavior, the
care provided by nursing homes and assisted living care facilities
sometime falls short. When it does, it is very important for you to
contact an experienced nursing home negligence lawyer most importantly to ensure that the deficiency in care is immediately
rectified and then to ensure that your loved one and your family are
justly compensated for their failure to provide proper care, in breach
of your trust and the law.
To be sure, nursing home abuse is not always easy to discover. Many
of the signs of abuse, such as bruises, dehydration, shallow breathing,
jaundice and other indicia of abuse also can occur naturally. Other
signs, such as bed sores, which often result from a failure to provide
proper exercise for an elderly patient resulting in severe and persistent
pressure on a tendon, are more obvious. Compounding the problem is
that many elderly patients do not report abuse or mistreatment for
fear of retaliation or ridicule. It is important for you to explain
to your loved one that they should feel comfortable discussing with
you any deficiencies in their care, and that you will take those concerns
seriously so that they feel free to speak with you.
If you feel that a loved one has been mistreated or neglected while
in the care of a nursing home, hospital or assisted living care facility,
a nursing home negligence lawyer at Philadelphia’s Kane & Silverman, P.C. can help you.
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