Nursing Home Physical Abuse

Another highly common form of abuse in nursing homes is physical abuse. In fact, this is the most common type of abuse. This includes physical beating, sexual abuse, and can also be tied in with the over-medicating of residents. Generally this can be categorized as any act that can inflict pain on the patient such as striking with or without an object, hitting, beating, pushing, shoving, shaking, slapping, kicking, pinching, and the unbelievably horrid act of burning.

Federal regulations provide that the "resident has the right to be free from verbal, sexual, physical and mental abuse, corporal punishment and involuntary seclusion. Nursing homes must develop and implement written policies and procedures that prohibit mistreatment, neglect and abuse of residents. The federal regulations further require that nursing homes "promote care for its residents in a manner and in an environment that promotes maintenance or enhancement of each resident's dignity and respect in full recognition of his or her individuality."

If you or a loved one has suffered from bed/pressure sores, any type of physical abuse, or over medication while residing in a nursing home, please contact the attorneys at Shelton Voorhees Law Group immediately. We understand the traumatic stress that these situations can put on an individual, and we want to do whatever we can to bring comfort to your life, and bring justice against those who have wronged you. The caretakers of nursing homes are entrusted to provide and care for the ones who are most precious to us, and if they fail to do so, they should rightfully be held accountable. Please call us today.