Nursing Home
Abuse
Neglect or abuse inside the walls of these
nursing homes and assisted living facilities present challenges to the victims and family
members who want to correct them.
Nursing home and assisted living facility
neglect exists when the management and/or staff cause injury to a resident because on improper
or inadequate care. The signs of neglect can sometimes be difficult to detect. It is often left
to family members, through visits, to ask questions and ensure that the loved one – the
resident – is receiving the proper, adequate, and timely care.
Florida Nursing Home
Regulations
In Florida, nursing homes and
assisted living facilities have to comply with federal and state regulations:
The process to bring a nursing home neglect
claim is complicated, and failure to observe Florida's strict nursing home claim requirements
will result in dismissal of a claim. contact an experienced nursing home abuse attorney --
contact a nursing home negligence attorney at our personal injury law firm.
When and How Does Nursing
Home Abuse Occur?
When does nursing home negligence or nursing
home abuse occur? There are many examples:
- failure to timely and adequately monitor
the resident’s condition
- failing to provide basic necessities:
proper and timely hygiene assistance and care; proper nutrition
- communicating the resident’s health
conditions to the medical director, nursing supervisor, or outside
physicians
- Malnutrition
- failing to timely and properly administer
the resident’s medications 6. Failing to comply with the Nursing Home
Resident’s Rights law
- failing to comply with quality of care
standards
- failing to comply with Medicare or
Medicaid regulations
- emotional or mental abuse: threats, verbal
assaults, yelling, insults, racial or ethnic epithets, humiliation, embarrassment,
intimidation, harassment
- sexual abuse: non-consensual sexual
contact, whether between residents or between resident and staff
- physical abuse: hitting, slapping,
improper restraints, kicking
- resident-on-resident or staff attacks upon
the loved one
- failure to protect the resident from
health and safety hazards
These forms of nursing home neglect often
produce severe injuries: falls, pressure sores or bed sores, decubitus ulcers, fracture bones
such as hips, malnourishment, dehydration, and wrongful death.
Nursing Home Injury
Claim
If your loved one has suffered as the result of
nursing home neglect, nursing home abuse, or assisted living facility neglect, then contact a
nursing home abuse attorney and personal injury lawyer at our local law firm for a
complimentary case evaluation.
A severe personal injury or
wrongful death caused by nursing home abuse or neglect is outrageous. You or your loved
one may be eligible for compensation for your severe harms and losses.
Keep in mind, however, that nursing home companies and their insurance
companies often fight claims over nursing home abuse and neglect, often blaming the resident
for the injury or death.
If you or your loved one has suffered a permanent, devastating, personal injury or wrongful
death in the family caused by nursing home negligence, then please contact a dedicated personal injury attorney at our firm to seek justice on
your behalf.
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