Nursing Home Abuse

Nursing Home Abuse

When you make the hard decision to put a loved one in a nursing home you expect the care they receive to be the very best. You want sound mind that your loved one is being take care of in the same manner as if they were in your home. However, gross violations occur every single day. The Kansas City nursing abuse attorneys at the Krause & Kinsman Law Firm can help you and your family.

What types of nursing home cases to we handle?

  • Bed Sores, pressure sores
  • Sepsis
  • Wandering and Elopement
  • Verbal abuse
  • Falls
  • Medication Errors
  • Choking
  • Clogged Breathing Tubes
  • Neglect
  • Physical Restraint
  • Sexual Abuse

Are nursing abuse cases common?

Yes. Nursing home negligence is an ongoing and serious problem in the United States. The National Center on Elder Abuse estimates that one and twenty nursing home patients are abused or neglected. Also, the National Center reported that 57% of nurse’s aides working in long-term care facilities have admitted to witnessing someone being neglected or abused.

Nursing homes are businesses and they are run like a business. Nursing homes are constantly cutting costs and staff to improve the bottom line. While doing this they are packing the residents in to improve the facility’s profitability. Nursing home neglect may be a product of the ownership cutting costs to improve the bottom line.

57%

of nurse’s aidesadmitted to witnessing someone being neglected or abused.

95%

of nursing home residentsin a study of 2000 individuals, had been or had seen another resident neglected.

1 in 10

elder Americans, aged 60+,have experienced abuse, and as many as 5 million elders are abused each year.

Detecting Abuse & Neglect

How do I know if my loved one is being neglected or abused in a nursing home?

Sometimes it is very difficult to determine if your loved one is being properly watched, cared for and supervised. It is not enough to go to the facilities because they may be covering up their neglect. Common signs of neglect or abuse include:

  • Weight loss
  • Bruises
  • Welts
  • Bed sores
  • Torn or bloody clothing
  • Broken bones
  • Changing to heavy medications because of alleged behavior
  • Caretaker does not have answers to why certain changes are happening in your loved one.
  • Sudden agitation

Non-Physical Abuse

There is also non-physical abuse such as financial exploitation. Caregivers may take advantage of the elderly or weakened financially by:

  • Misusing the elder’s checks, accounts, or credit cards
  • Stealing their identity
  • Forging Signatures
  • Making up phony charities for a your loved one to give compensation to

You should not have to worry about your loved one in a nursing home. Nursing homes were designed to help your loved one when they cannot help themselves anymore. If your loved one has suffered abuse or neglect contact the nursing home abuse lawyers at The Krause & Kinsman Law Firm. We will thoroughly investigate your claim, hire expert witnesses and aggressively hold the care facility accountable. Contact the Krause & Kinsman Law Firm for your free case evaluation.

 

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The Krause & Kinsman Law Firm is made up of some of the nation’s foremost legal minds in the mass-tort field. That’s why our clients & co-counsel partners choose us.

Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, and Co-Chair of the Law & Briefing Committee in MDL 2846:

In Re: Davol, Inc./C.R. Bard, Inc., Polypropylene Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation

Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in MDL 2974:

In Re: Paragard IUD Products Liability Litigation

Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in MDL 2924:

In Re: Zantac (Ranitidine) Products Liability Litigation

Along with the aforementioned MDLs,

Plaintiff’s Counsel has prosecuted thousands of cases across other Multi-District Litigations and Mass-Torts, including:

MDL No. 3043:

Acetaminophen ASD/ADHD Product Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2753:

Atrium Medical Corp. C-Qur Mesh Products Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2782:

Ethicon Physiomesh Flexible Composite Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation

MCL No. 627:

In Re: Physiomesh Litigation, MCL

MCL No. 633:

In Re: Prolene Hernia System Mesh Litigation

MDL No. 2750:

Cook Medical, Inc., IVC Filters Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2641:

Bard IVC Filters Products Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2326:

In Re: Boston Scientific Corp. Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2606:

Benicar (Olmesartan) Product Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2666:

In Re: Forced Air Warming Devices Products Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2591:

Syngenta AG MIR162 Corn Litigation

MDL No. 2936:

In Re: Smity’s/CAM2303 Tractor Hydraulic Fluid Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation

MCL No. 630:

In Re: Proceed Mesh Litigation

MDL No. 2543:

In Re: General Motors LLC Ignition Switch Litigation

MDL No. 2004:

In Re: Mentor Corp. ObTape Transobturator Sling Products Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2187:

In Re: C. R. Bard, Inc. Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2325:

In Re: American Medical Systems, Inc., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2327:

In Re: Ethicon, Inc., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2387:

In Re: Coloplast Corp. Pelvic Support Systems Products Liability Litigation

MDL No. 251:

In Re: Neomedic Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation

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