The population across Pennsylvania and New Jersey 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. Visit our information center to learn more about the types of elder care abuse or click on one of the links below to visit our attorney specializing in nursing home neglect and elder care abuse:

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.

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