Types of Nursing Home Abuse

If someone is old or sick care for themselves are often transferred to a nursing home, providing the care. While many nursing homes can be wonderful places for our friends and older relatives, others can actually be a source of abuse for those we love. Unfortunately, abuse in older houses, too often, and that may come in the form of physical abuse, mental or emotional and financial.

Since the human body weakens, naturally with age, it is easy for a strongNursing home worker to overcome a residence and physically abused him. Sometimes a worker may get frustrated with the slow place of residence and press around the person. Things such as striking, pushing, kicking, shaking, pinching, burning, and all are considered forms of physical abuse.

There are also various other forms of physical abuse, the character of a poor old residence. When workers use a disproportionate amount of chemical or physical limitations, these can be consideredAnd abuse. Force-feeding is established, needs help with food, is wrong, forcing elderly residents to physical activity, which is difficult for them badly as well.

Unfortunately, sexual abuse is a form of physical abuse, that a terrible event, but it is also true. May be difficult for older people to resist the progress of the care home workers. Non-contact, sexual abuse and consensual sex with a person who is unable to give such consent isbeing, and abuse. Sexual abuse includes rape, sodomy, inappropriate touching, assault, and even forced nudity, sexual or nude photography.

Next offense can also mental or emotional. People who are forced, you can rely on others for completion of the physical needs to feel embarrassed or incompetent workers and nursing home you can use these feelings to their advantage. If the employees specifically to humiliate people, humiliate them and harass them, this can cause permanentpsychological damage. Orally older people, isolate them threatened, and treated as children can be harmful as well. Finally, the "Silent Treatment can be" a very negative impact on a people have great emotional wellbeing.

Finally, the goalkeeper can use threats as above to obtain financial benefits for themselves. For example, to force its neighbors to give them money, financial assets or properties. This may include the forgery of the signature of the person over the age of, or theft of hisor his things for the welfare of the workers themselves.

The elderly deserve attention and respect in nursing homes. Sometimes the abuse is present, and can cause permanent damage to physical, mental and financial assistance to a person. If you or someone you know has been exploited by an employee at the nursing home, you should talk to a lawyer about your rights.

For more information about nursing home abuse and other forms of personal injury law, contact a nursing home abuseLawyer at Studio Habush Habush & Rottier, SC today.