Case Studies of Nursing Home Abuse
The warning signs of nursing home abuse often go undetected. If nursing home abuse occurs, you may have legal recourse.
Many families are shouldering the burden of caring for a loved one. Many families are unaware that abuse or neglect in the nursing home has injured their loved one and contributed to their decline in health.
With an aging population of baby boomers, the problem is likely to get worse.
If this happens in your family, nothing can set it right. But that does not mean that no one should be held to account. Review the case studies. Then consider your legal options. It may not take the pain away, but it does help to bring a measure of fairness into a story where fairness had so far played such a minor role.
Case Study: Nursing Home Abuse — From a Distance
Case Study: Where is Everyone?
Case Study: Nursing Home Falls
Case Study: It Starts with Bruising
Case Study: Nursing Home Bedsore
Case Study: I Never See A Doctor When I Request One
Past Results
Since its founding in 1995, Dalli & Marino LLP has successfully battled for the rights of patients and their families.
- 10 Million verdict for a worker injured in a construction accident when he was ejected from a man lift at a construction site in New York City
- 5.95 Million recovered for a birth injury due to medical malpractice during delivery.
3 Million jury verdict for the estate of an elderly man suffering from dementia who ingested a chemical cleaner while residing at an assisted living facility in Brooklyn. - 2.4 Million for a carpenter who was injured in a construction accident when he fell from a ladder in Suffolk County.
- 2.15 Million recovered for a birth injury to medical malpractice during delivery.
- 1.8 Million for a construction worker who was injured in a car accident at a work site in Staten Island.
- 1.68 Million for a truck driver injured in a car accident in Queens County.
- 1.65 Million for a LIPA worker who was injured in a car accident at a work-site in Nassau County.
- 1.6 Million for a truck driver who was injured in a construction accident in Queens County when he was thrown from a forklift.
- 1.6 Million for a carpenter who was injured in a construction accident in new York City when he wasn’t given proper safety equipment.
- 999k for a woman who was injured when a door struck her in Nassau County.
- 875k for a man who was injured in a construction accident in Queens County when his foot was struck by a forklift.
- 825k recovered on behalf of a woman who suffered from a slip and fall on ice in the Bronx.
- 750k jury verdict for a paralyzed man who was a victim of nursing home abuse when he suffered from a bedsore in a Nursing Home in Bronx County.
- 750k jury verdict for the estate of an elderly woman who was a victim of nursing home abuse when she suffered from a bedsore in a Nursing Home in Queens.
- 750k for a man who injured in a car accident at a construction site in Queens County.
- 750k recovered on behalf of the estate of an elderly man who was a victim of nursing home abuse when he suffered from a bedsore in a Nursing Home in New York City.
- 700k recovered on behalf of a woman who was the victim of Nursing home abuse when she was sexually assaulted by an employee of the nursing home in New York City.
- 550k for a roofer who was injured in a construction accident when he fell from a ladder in Suffolk County.
- 540k recovered on behalf of the estate of an elderly man who was a victim of nursing home abuse when he suffered from a bedsore in a Nursing Home in Bronx County.
- 500k recovered on behalf of the estate of an elderly woman who was a victim of nursing home abuse when she suffered from a bedsore in a Nursing Home in Nassau County.
- 490k recovered on behalf of the estate of an elderly woman who was a victim of nursing home abuse when she suffered from a bedsore and a medicine error in a Nursing Home in Brooklyn.
- 475k recovered on behalf of the estate of an elderly man who was a victim of nursing home abuse when he suffered from a bedsore in a Nursing Home in Queens County.
- 465k recovered on behalf of the estate of an elderly woman who was a victim of nursing home abuse when she suffered from a bedsore in a Nursing Home in Brooklyn.
- 455k recovered on behalf of the estate of an elderly woman who was a victim of nursing home abuse when he suffered from a bedsore in a Nursing Home in Bronx County.
- 450k for a welder who was injured in a construction accident when he fell from a ladder in Suffolk County.
- 440k recovered on behalf of a man who was injured in a car accident in Nassau County.
- 430k recovered on behalf of the estate of an elderly woman who was a victim of nursing home abuse when she suffered from a bedsore in a Nursing Home in Queens County.
- 400k recovered on behalf of the estate of an elderly woman who was a victim of nursing home abuse when she suffered from a bedsore in a Nursing Home in Brooklyn.
- 400k recovered on behalf of the estate of an elderly woman who was a victim of nursing home abuse when she suffered from a fractured hip in a Nursing Home in Bronx County.
- 400k recovered on behalf of the estate of a man who was killed in a car accident in Queens County.
- 370k recovered on behalf of the estate of an elderly man who was a victim of nursing home abuse when he suffered from a bedsore in a Nursing Home in Bronx County.
- 350k recovered on behalf of a woman who was injured in a car accident in Queens County.
- 350k recovered on behalf of a woman who was injured as a result of medical malpractice in Brooklyn.
- 350k recovered on behalf of the estate of an elderly woman who was a victim of nursing home abuse when she was injured due to being fed an improper diet which caused her to choke while a resident in a Nursing Home in Bronx County.
- 325k recovered on behalf of the estate of an elderly woman who was a victim of nursing home abuse when she suffered from a bedsore in a Nursing Home in Bronx County.
- 315k recovered on behalf of a man who suffered from a slip and fall on ice in Brooklyn.
- 300k recovered on behalf of the estate of an elderly woman who was a victim of nursing home abuse when she suffered from a bedsore in a Nursing Home in Queens County.
- 300k recovered on behalf of the estate of an elderly woman who was a victim of nursing home abuse when she suffered from a bedsore in a Nursing Home in Staten Island.
- 290k recovered on behalf of the estate of an elderly woman who was killed in a car accident in Queens County.
- 275k recovered on behalf of the estate of an elderly woman who was a victim of nursing home abuse when she suffered from a bedsore in a Nursing Home in Brooklyn.
- 270k recovered on behalf of the estate of an elderly woman who was a victim of nursing home abuse when she suffered from a bedsore in a Nursing Home in Bronx County.
- 240k recovered on behalf of a woman who was a victim of nursing home abuse when she suffered from a bedsore in a Nursing Home in Brooklyn when she was admitted for short term rehabilitation.
You Have Rights
You have rights as a patient in a nursing home. For example, in New York, the state itself highlights these:
- Dignity, respect and a comfortable living environment
- Quality of care and treatment without discrimination
- Freedom of choice to make your own, independent decisions
- The safeguard of your property and money
- Safeguards in admission transfer and discharge
- Privacy in communications
- Participate in organizations and activities of your choice
- An easy to use and responsive complaint procedure
- Exercise all of your rights without fear of reprisals.
Population Statistics
The 2010 census recorded the greatest number and proportion of people age 65 and older in the history of this census: 40.3 million, or 13% of the total population.
Bigger changes are coming. According to NCEA, "By 2050, people age 65 and older are expected to comprise 20% of the total U.S. population. The fastest growing segment of American’s population consists of those 85 and up.2 In 2010, there were 5.8 million people aged 85 or older. By 2050, it is projected that there will be 19 million people aged 85 or older."
Source: National Center for Elder Abuse Administration on Aging
Extent of Abuse
The National Center on Elder Abuse offers this sober assessment of the extent of elder abuse: "In 2000, one study interviewing 2,000 nursing home residents reported that 44% said they had been abused and 95% said they had been neglected or seen another resident neglected."
Source: Broyles, K. (2000). The silenced voice speaks out: A study of abuse and neglect of nursing home residents. A report from the Atlanta Long Term Care Ombudsman Program and Atlanta Legal Aid Society to the National Citizens Coalition for Nursing Home Reform. Atlanta, Ga: Authors
Research
Research briefs on elder and nursing home abuse are produced by the U.S. National Center on Elder Abuse Administration on Aging.
Some recent briefs included:
- How at Risk for Abuse Are People with Dementia?
- Abuse of Residents of Long Term Care Facilities
- Abuse of Adults with a Disability
- Mistreatment of Latino Elders
- Mistreatment of Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay and Transgender Elders
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