Unfortunately Nursing Home Abuse exists
According to the 2007 Laing and Buisson survey there are over 420,000 people living in nursing homes, where many elderly patients are fall victims of nursing home abuse. These numbers are rising and you would be very shocked at what levels abuse is taking place. From medication misuse and care negligence to shocking incidences of horrific neglect which have resulted in death.
If a nursing home falls below a standard of acceptable care that it provides its residents then the safety and welfare of it's residents are at stake. If this happens then Care Home Negligence could be an issue and something needs to be done about it.
One of the difficulties facing those who suspect nursing home abuse is knowing how to prove it. This is a very sensitive issue but there is lots of help available to all concerned.
Some Examples Of Care Home Negligence
Failure to provide food or water or failure to prevent malnutrition or dehydration
Failure to assist in personal hygiene
Failure to provide safe, clean and suitable living conditions
Failure to provide adequate treatment and services for incontinent residents
Failure to provide appropriate supervision and assisted devices to prevent accidents.
Failure to provide adequate medical care and acquire and dispense proper medications, as well as failure to ensure that residents are free from serious medication errors.
Failure to prevent a resident from developing pressure sores; or if a resident already has pressure sores, failure to provide proper treatment to promote healing of the pressure sores
When you make the decision to place your loved ones in the care of others you do so with trust but unfortunately this trust can be broken and it is happening to loss of families. So much so that there are now experts set up to deal with cases of nursing home abuse
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