You can’t be there every minute. But what of the warning signs for nursing home abuse?
Case Study: Where is Everyone?
Nursing Home Abuse Case Study: Understaffing or neglect in a nursing home can cause severe loneliness, depression, loss of appetite or ignore health warning signs.
Case Study: Nursing Home Falls
Nursing Home Abuse: Despite best practices intended to reduce the incidence of falls, they remain a common cause for nursing home injuries.
Case Study: It Starts with Bruising
Nursing Home Abuse: Bedsores caused by neglect
Case Study: Nursing Home Bedsore
Nursing Home Abuse: Bedsores can lead to fatal complications, including organ failure and even cancer.
Case Study: I Never See A Doctor When I Request One
Nursing Home Abuse Case Study: Patients fail to receive prompt attention from nursing home physicians.
Case Study: Medication Error
Nursing Home Abuse Case Study: A medication error leads to dangerous health complications or death.
Case Study: We Could Not Get Her Medical Records After She Died
Nursing Home Abuse Case Study: We could not get a loved one’s medical records after she died in a nursing home.
Case Study: Why is Dad Losing Weight?
Nursing Home Abuse Case Study: Explained weight loss can be caused by neglect, failure to address underlying health conditions, or withholding food as punishment.
Case Study: Aides Were Rough with Dad
Nursing Home Abuse Case Study: Bruising caused by rough or careless treatment by nursing home staff.