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Nursing Home Abuse

Nursing home abuse can take many forms, from basic negligence to withholding meals or liquids, physical abuse, sexual abuse, failure to treat medical conditions, unnecessary restraint, medication errors, and emotional abuse. A resident can become disoriented or injured without proper supervision. And evidence of physical neglect or abuse includes dehydration, scars, or other injuries.

Statistics show that 1.6  million nursing home residents facing harm each year. If you or a loved one has suffered from abuse or neglect in a nursing home, the attorneys of Chalik & Chalik will explore all aspects of the accused facility to find hard evidence and hold the negligent or abusive workers accountable.

Cases of general neglect can be the most difficult to prove, affecting the resident’s overall emotional well-being. In Florida, as in most states across the country, there are problems with understaffing and, therefore, nursing homes are using under-trained and unqualified help. Without proper staffing facilities are at a higher risk of cultivating abuse and neglect.

This can be difficult to hear. When families come together to choose a seemingly upstanding and professional nursing home for their loved one, they never imagine that their mother, father, uncle, or grandmother might be facing intentional harm, negligence, and degrading treatment. It is unthinkable, and yet a reality for too many senior citizens dependent upon assisted living for ongoing medical care.

Statistics bear this out: Conservative estimates state that one in every three homes in the United States will be affected in some way by abuse of an elder relative while in a nursing home. There are currently more than 17,000 registered nursing home and elder care facilities. The number is expected to rise into the millions in the next three decades. Sadly, as the number of nursing home residents increases so does the frequency of abuse.

When your loved ones are neglected or abused in a nursing home, you do have legal recourse. The nursing home abuse attorneys of Chalik & Chalik have represented elderly clients suffering from a wide range of injuries, including claims involving:

• Bed Sores
• Infections
• Malnutrition
• Dehydration
• Failure to medicate
• Failure to monitor
• Assault (physical and sexual)

Not all types of elder abuse are physical and not all abuse results in visible injuries. There are signs and indications of abuse that families should watch for such as any injury that cannot be promptly explained, bedsores, unusual bruises, sexually transmitted disease, out of the ordinary financial requests and sudden changes in attitude or appetite. While these signs do not always mean there is nursing home abuse or neglect present, they are indicators to watch for.

If you suspect an elderly loved one is being treated badly, call Chalik & Chalik as soon as possible to put an end to mistreatment.

Call or email the Miami nursing home abuse attorneys of Chalik & Chalik today for your complimentary personal injury consultation.