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.
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."
There are many ways physical elder abuse
can present itself, such as:
- Bed Sores
- Malnutrition
- Dehydration
-
Negligence in failing to restrain a disoriented patient
- Bruises
- Broken Bones
-
Medication errors including wrong dosages and wrong medications
-
Failure to diagnose and treat pneumonia
- Poor Hygiene
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.
- Check them for signs of physical abuse.
At
Rosenberg, Minc, Falkoff, & Wolff,
LLP., we specialize in Nursing Home neglect and abuse cases. You can
depend on our knowledge and skill when
it comes to representing a client with
a nursing home abuse case.
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