Nursing Home Abuse FAQs
What is nursing home abuse?
Nursing home abuse includes any mistreatment of an elder, whether verbal or physical including but not limited to kicks, punches, insults, restraints, deprivation, under medication, over medication, and monetary theft.
What is nursing home neglect?
Nursing home negligence includes any occasion in which an elder fails to receive proper and mandatory medical, nutritional, and social care.
What are the rights of all nursing home residents?
A nursing home resident has the right, under law, to be free from verbal, sexual, physical and mental abuse, and any physical or chemical restraint that is imposed for purposes of discipline or convenience, rather than to treat a medical condition.
How common is nursing home abuse and neglect?
Approximately 1.6 million Americans live in nursing home or elder care facilities in the U.S. and up to one-third of the facilities have been cited for abuse or neglect.
What are some signs of financial abuse?
Signs of financial abuse include:
-Large withdrawals of funds from the elder's banking or investment accounts
-Changing savings and checking accounts
-Newly hired accountants or attorneys that replaced the person's long time professional relationships
-Unexpected changes in trusts or wills
-Reports of missing property
-Transfer of assets to friends or care givers
-Use of the person's ATM cards, checking accounts, savings accounts, or credit cards by other people
-Loans or investments with care givers or family members that are not reasonable
-Care givers who prevent or discourage communications with family members
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