Nursing Home Abuse Attorney:
Nursing Home Abuse (Elder Abuse)
Columbus, Ohio
Nursing home abuse and neglect is an especially troubling issue as our population ages. Nursing home patients, because of their vulnerable conditions, are frequently the target of abusive and negligent practices from unethical caregivers.
There are two broad types of nursing home malpractice: Abuse, and negligence.
Nursing home abuse takes any number of forms, from physical violence such as hitting, excessive restraint, and pinching, to abusive practices such as overmedication.
Nursing home neglect might include such things as insufficient or inappropriate medical treatment , failure to provide patients with enough food and water, poor hygiene, and failure to supervise patients sufficiently.
Some of the common signs of nursing home abuse and neglect include:
- Repeated or unexplained bruises, welts, scratches, or other injuries
- Soiled clothing and bedsheets
- Poor patient hygiene, including poor dental hygiene, dirty fingernails, hair, etc.
- Overmedication, particularly overuse of tranquilizers to keep patients quiet
- Unnecessary restraint
- Insufficient supervision, as frequently evidenced by patients wandering, unattended
Because so many nursing home residents are mentally and physically incapacitated, too, it can be difficult to prove negligence and abuse. There are, however, ways to establish a case for nursing home abuse, and we at Robert W. Kerpsack Co., L.P.A. are passionate about representing the needs of our clients against abusive and negligent health care providers. If you have a case, we'll find it, and we'll do everything we can to get you and your loved ones the compensation you both need and deserve.
If you believe that someone you care for is a victim of negligent or abusive caregivers, it is important that you get them the help they may not be able to ask for themselves. Your first step should be to contact your local agency for adult welfare. Do not directly confront a caregiver you suspect of abusing your loved one, as it may put the patient at risk for escalated abuse.
Your second step is to contact the nursing home abuse lawyers in Columbus, Ohio. We'll review your case with you and help you determine how you can best ensure your loved one's future well-being.
