How to Pursue a Nursing Home Abuse Case in Connecticut
March 11, 2024Every year, thousands of people across Connecticut enter nursing homes for care. Regardless of whether a person is in advanced age or dealing with a chronic health condition, they must be properly cared for. However, we are seeing more often that individuals who entrust these facilities are being abused and mistreated. Statistics from the World …
What Is Considered Nursing Home Abuse in Connecticut?
June 7, 2022When you make the decision to put a loved one in a senior care facility, such as a nursing home, you have expectations of quality care for the remainder of their lives. Unfortunately, cases of nursing home abuse are still a serious problem and something that can be devastating to you, your family, and your …
What Is Considered Nursing Home Negligence?
February 16, 2022Have you entrusted your parent or elderly loved one to a nursing home? Indeed, in the capable hands of a nursing home’s staff, your loved one can live out their golden years in the utmost safety and security. Safety, care, and a therapeutic environment are all that a nursing home is expected to provide. Nursing …
What Are Signs of Nursing Home Negligence?
April 21, 2021Adopted by the World Health Organization, the definition of elder abuse is a single, repeated act, or lack of action that led to harm or injury of an elderly person occurring within a relationship where there is an expectation of trust. Each year thousands of Americans entrust their elderly loved ones to nursing home employees …
How To Report Nursing Home Abuse
Unfortunately, incidents of Connecticut nursing home abuse and neglect seem to be on the rise. If you suspect that your loved one or another resident in the facility is being abused or mistreated, do not hesitate to take action. Contacting authorities can often be the only way to stop abuse and to keep future residents …
What Are Types of Elderly Care?
As an increasing number of the national population ages, elderly care is becoming an issue of greater prevalence in Connecticut. According to data collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), more than 1.4 million residents lived in nursing homes in 2011, which correlates to 2.9% of the over 65-year-old population, and 10.7% …