There are currently more than 1.6 million Americans living in nursing homes. If you’re considering placing your own parent in an assisted living facility, you probably have a number of serious concerns: Will my mother’s needs be properly met? What about all the stories of nursing home abuse? Choosing a nursing home can be scary, so how can you be sure that your loved one is in good hands?
Nursing home abuse is a broad topic of actions that revolve around neglect and negligence. Some but not all examples include fall injuries, bedsores, failure to receive the proper medication on schedule, receiving the wrong medication or injections, lack of adequate hydration or nutrition, receiving the wrong food which may cause allergic consequences, verbal abuse and threats, intentional acts by other residents and staff, and violence.
If you have a mother or father who is repeatedly infected from bedsores and is afraid to be left alone – how would it feel if you had no legal rights to fight for the wrongs committed against your loved one?
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