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What Types of Nursing Home and Assisted Living Abuse and Neglect to Look For
Every year millions of older Americans suffer from abuse or neglect at the hands of staff at nursing homes and assisted living facilities across the country. Often unable to protect themselves and sometimes unable to communicate that they are being hurt, elder Americans can be subject to a variety of different types of abuse and neglect.Neglect is by far the most common form of elder mistreatment that occurs, followed by physical abuse, then financial or material exploitation, then emotional abuse, other types of abuse and finally sexual abuse - the least common form of maltreatment. These forms of abuse and neglect can happen in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, or during in-home care.
Below is a summary of some different forms of elder abuse and neglect:
Physical elder abuse
Physical abuse of an elder includes everything from hitting, shoving and other forms of physical assault to inappropriate use of drugs, restraints or other confinement. Nursing home and assisted living residents can be grabbed, hit, slapped, punched, pinched, choked, kicked and smacked. They can also be restrained against their will to beds or wheelchairs, unable to move. Some residents are even given drugs without their consent to keep them calm and "manageable".
Emotional elder abuse
Emotional abuse of elderly nursing home or assisted living residents can be either verbal or nonverbal. Caregivers guilty of verbal abuse yell, scream or threaten residents and can also humiliate and ridicule them. Some caregivers will continually blame or condemn an elderly resident for something that goes wrong, i.e. soiling the bed sheets (when in fact it is the caregivers fault for not assisting the resident in a more timely fashion). Nonverbal emotional abuse includes isolating the resident from friends or activities, terrorizing or menacing the person so they live in a state of fear, or ignoring them so they feel alone and helpless.
Financial elder abuse
Financial or material exploitation of an elderly resident happens when a staff member or even a family member makes improper use of the resident's money, bank accounts, credit cards, ATM cards, property or other assets. Some abusers will threaten a resident or use emotional ploys to gain access to the elder's financial accounts or con the resident into changing beneficiary information in their will, trust, or other accounts.
Sexual elder abuse
Any type of sexual contact or activity that is non-consensual is considered sexual abuse. Physical contact - either by forcing a resident to submit to a sex act or to perform a sex act - is the most obvious form of sexual abuse, but forcing a resident to view sexual pictures or videos, taking sexual pictures of a resident, or forcing a resident to watch a sex act are all considered abuse as well.
Elder neglect
If an elderly resident is not being cared for properly, either by delaying care (not taking a resident to the bathroom in a timely manner) or by ignoring a resident's needs (failing to offer food or water or prescription medication), then the caregiver is guilty of neglect. Sadly, neglect is a common form of elder mistreatment, with over half of all abuse and neglect cases being some form of elder neglect.
Are you looking for an experienced, passionate law firm dedicated to defending the rights of nursing home and assisted living residents? Please contact The Rasansky Law Firm immediately for help with your elder abuse or neglect case.
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