Deciding to place a loved one in a nursing home can cause extreme anxiety and feelings of guilt for families. These feelings can be further exaggerated by suspecting that your loved one has been neglected, or even abused, by a nursing home. Numerous injuries and fatalities have resulted from instances of nursing home abuse and statistics show that abuse and neglect have been on the rise in recent years.

Some signs of nursing home neglect or abuse can include:

• Unexplained and sudden changes in behavior of the resident

• Staff refusing to allow visitors to see the resident or delays in allowing visitors to see the   resident

• Unexplained bruises, cuts, burns, sprains or fractures in various stages of healing, bedsores   or frozen joints

• Nursing home staff refusing to allow the resident to be alone with you or other visitors

• Overmedication of the resident

• Loss of resident's possessions

• Unexplained death of the resident

• Refusal on the part of the nursing home to provide important medical records upon request

If you have questions or concerns about Nursing Home Negligence, please contact the North Carolina nursing home negligence lawyers at the law firm of Hemmings & Stevens, PLLC, today. We offer free initial consultations and work on a contingent fee basis, which means there are no fees unless we make a recovery for you. For assistance, call us at:              (919) 277.0161.

This article regarding Nursing Home Negligence is for informational purposes only and is not legal or medical advice. You may need to seek the advice of a Nursing Home Negligence lawyer at the law firm of Hemmings & Stevens, PLLC, that has experience in these matters, to help you, if you have a Nursing Home Negligence case.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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