Nursing Home Accident
According
to the Congressional "Nursing Home Abuse Report," nursing
home abuse occurs at one in three facilities. The prevalence
of nursing home abuse in the U.S. is extremely high,
but experts warn studies and reports may only be revealing
a small percentage of the actual number of nursing home
abuse instances since many cases can go unreported.
Nursing home abuse is
not always reported because the resident fears the consequences.
In many cases, the elderly being abused has to rely
on the abuser and does not want to say anything. Nursing
home abuse can take on many different forms, including
physical abuse, mental abuse, sexual abuse, financial
abuse or neglect.
In 2001, a congressional
report found that over 30 percent of the nursing homes
in the U.S. were cited for a nursing home abuse violation
that had to cause harm between January 1999 and January
2001. Over 2,500 of the nursing home abuse violations
were serious enough to cause actual harm or place the
resident's health in immediate jeopardy of death or
serious injury. The report was able to show how widespread
nursing home abuse had become, but not enough has been
done upon realizing it to prevent it from happening
any more.
According to the U.S.
House of Representatives, Committee on Government Reform,
there are nearly 17,000 nursing homes in the U.S. that
care for 1.6 million residents. This figure is expected
to substantially grow as the number of baby boomers,
the largest age group, becomes older and will start
entering the nation's nursing homes. Nursing home abuse
problems have been largely attributed to under funding,
resulting in understaffed, under trained and under paid
workers in a stressful working environment.
Have you or a loved one been injured?
Families often place elder loved ones in nursing
homes so that they can be given the care and
attention that they need and deserve.
If
you or a loved one has been adversely affected by Nursing
Home Abuse, please
contact us at Oshman & Mirisola,
LLP. We provide a FREE, NO
OBLIGATION consultation, allowing you to learn more
about your legal rights and options.
Pursing your Nursing Home Abuse claim will cost
you nothing until we successfully resolve your case.
Call us at 1-800-400-8182 or
click here to use our online system and a
representative will be in contact with you shortly.
For more information, please see our Nursing
Home Accident Frequently Asked Questions.
Contact us online through our FREE
accident evaluation form if you have any questions about
your claim.
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