Albuquerque, New Mexico Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers
When you leave your elderly loved ones in the care of a nursing home, you have the expectation that they will be taken care of as effectively and skillfully as possible. Most nursing home employees are thoroughly trained and have the experience needed to ensure the safety, security, and health of your loved ones. Unfortunately, some nursing homes fail to meet the safety and health standards in place for your loved one’s care.
Nursing Home Abuse
If nursing home employees simply fail to adequately care for their charges, it is considered nursing home neglect. When the home’s employees actively hurt the individuals—hitting, assaulting, sexually assaulting, mentally abusing—they are supposed to care for, this is nursing home abuse.
It is important that you are aware of the signs of nursing home abuse since your loved one may be unable or unwilling to discuss the abuse. Some of the most commonly reported indications of nursing home abuse include:
- Food and water deprivation
- Unexplained injuries or bruises
- Open wounds, cuts, bruises, or welts
- Overmedicating
- Undermedicating
- Infections
- Lack of hygiene
- Bed sores or frozen joints
- Unexplained venereal diseases or genital infections
- Sudden changes in behavior
- Employees preventing patient to be alone with visitors
- Loss of patient’s possessions
- Sudden large withdrawals from bank accounts
- Changes in will or financial documents
If you suspect that your loved one may be enduring the effects of abuse or neglect, contact our nursing home abuse lawyers at The Standridge Law Firm, P.C.
Our personal injury attorneys have the necessary experience to fight for the rights of nursing home patients in Albuquerque, New Mexico. When nursing home employees fail to meet expectations and actively hurt their patients, the victims deserve compensation. In some cases, criminal charges may also be filed against the abusers. Contact The Standridge Law Firm, P.C. to discuss your case with our experienced, skilled nursing home abuse lawyers.