We always hear about cases involving child abuse, sexual abuse, spousal abuse but we rarely hear about a growing and new type of abuse: elder abuse & elder neglect. Senior citizens have become a forgotten and neglected segment of our community. In other countries, especially Latin America, families frequently all live together and take care of their mothers and fathers until they die. There are not many nursing or elder homes in Latin American countries, as their culture believes in taking care of and respecting the elderly.
Nursing Home Neglect in Colorado Springs
Unfortunately, in the USA, we are not as respectful and considerate when it comes to taking care of our senior citizens. I call them the forgotten generation or the disposable generation. Why? Senior citizens work all their lives, and then have no one to take care of them as their children are usually busy with careers or live in other states. Thus, this job falls on the state or private nursing homes. Predictably, nursing homes do not always take care of their residents like family would. The quality of nursing homes vary greatly from one state to another and one city to another. It is predicted that within the next twenty years, those over age 65 will make up 20% of the US population.
Many nursing homes neglect their residents’ basic needs such as food, bathing and medicinal needs. This is just like medical malpractice, and it is incredible that nurses and CNA’s would neglect an elderly person’s basic needs. Can you imagine your mother or father not being bathed or fed due to the negligence of a nursing home? It happens everyday, partly due to the fact that the employees of these nursing homes are mostly uneducated and not trained in how to properly care for senior citizens. There are, of course, many nurses and CNA’s who care very much for their residents and do a great job, but many also neglect their duties.
If you suspect that your mother or father have been neglected in a nursing home, then you may have a nursing home neglect case against the facility. There are many kinds of abuse, from basic need abuse, sexual abuse, verbal abuse and financial abuse (when people try to take advantage of an elderly person’s savings or bank accounts). I am an attorney that handles these type of cases and would love to discuss any complaints you may have against a nursing home or long care term facility which involves neglect or abuse.
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