Los Angeles Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer

Neglect and Abuse Cases in Nursing Homes

Nursing homes are designed to be professional facilities that cater to the needs of senior citizens who can no longer fully care for themselves. Tragically, rather than providing a safe environment, some nursing home professionals neglect the residents under their care. Neglect can take many forms, including:

Failing to properly administer their medication
Physically abusing them
Isolating them from the other residents
Engaging in psychological or emotional abuse against them
Failing to turn them in their beds, which can lead to them developing pressure sores
Refusing to assist them with personal hygiene or using the restroom

In addition, nursing home employees can rob the residents, use their personal information to steal their identity and embezzle from them. These forms of elder abuse demand legal action.

If one of your loved ones has been abused in a nursing home, immediately contact a Los Angeles medical malpractice lawyer in order to discuss what transpired and learn how to proceed with legal action against those that committed the abuse. Your elderly loved one is a treasured addition to your family and deserves respect and care. Steven Weinberg is available to fight relentlessly on your behalf as you seek to hold the negligent party responsible for their abusive acts.

Signs of Nursing Home Abuse

There are multiple signs that abuse may be taking place at a nursing home, such as:

Presence of unjustified physical restraints
Messy or foul smelling conditions
Untreated medical conditions
Bedsores
Dehydration
Unexplained injuries
Fearful behavior, flinching
Bruising

Nursing home neglect targets frail elderly citizens who are supposed to be in a facility that looks after them in the twilight of their lives. Don't let those that prey on vulnerable seniors go unpunished; take legal action to hold them accountable for their actions.

Contact a Los Angeles nursing home abuse attorney in order to learn how to pursue legal action against those that abused your loved one in a nursing home.