Bridgeport Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer

Connecticut currently has about 229 nursing homes and other care facilities. The nationwide statistics indicate that about 77 of these nursing homes have potentially had elder abuse perpetrated within their walls. This is worrisome.

This is why Gould Injury Law’s personal injury lawyers will fight for you and your elderly loved one. Also, we’ll explore every legal avenue to ensure that the erring nursing home or staff pay for the hurt they caused your loved one. We have over 18 years of legal experience defending and fighting for the rights of our clients’ elderly relatives and securing fast outcomes. Let’s do the same for you and your loved one.

This violation of personal safety can be in the form of:

• Willfully inflicting harm or injury on the patient
• Intentionally depriving the patient of essential services
• Intentionally abandoning or exploiting the patient

These actions violate your elderly relative’s safety in the nursing facility. They can be further broken down into specific categories of nursing home abuse including:

• Exploitation–This is when a caregiver illegally takes your loved one’s possessions like drugs, money, jewelry, and other valuables.
• Neglect–This is when nursing home staff fail to adhere to the established standard of care required when caring for your loved one. Examples of neglect include caregivers failing to provide your loved one with food and water or neglecting to perform their bathroom tasks for your elderly relative.
• Physical abuse–This is the willful use of physical force by caregivers to inflict pain and/or injury on your loved one. Examples of physical abuse include unnecessarily prolonged physical restraint, pushing or shoving, and slapping.
• Emotional abuse–This is the intentional use of verbal or non-verbal actions to cause emotional and mental anguish on your loved one who is a resident in their facility. Examples of emotional abuse and neglect include isolation, harassment, verbal assault or mistreatment, and bullying.
• Sexual abuse–This happens when a nursing home resident is forced to perform non-consensual sexual acts with nursing home staff.
• These acts are punishable by law if the culprits are caught. Unfortunately, your elderly relative may be unable to talk about the issue or report the offender. This is even more so the case when your loved one has dementia or is dealing with terminal illness.

With practice, it is possible that offenders may be very experienced at disguising the abuse and neglect of your elderly loved one. This is why you must pay very close attention to your elderly loved one whenever you go visit. If you look closely, you may be able to detect some signs of abuse and neglect in your loved one.

If you suspect that your loved one is being abused by their caregivers or nursing home staff, you need to talk to us at Gould Injury Law before taking any legal steps. The reality is that elder abuse is largely underreported. Our law firm is dedicated to helping you get justice fast and providing a safe environment for your loved one and others in your preferred Bridgeport nursing home.

Contact us today 888-WIN-FAST to schedule a free consultation and discuss your case with an experienced Connecticut nursing home abuse lawyer.

To detect if your elderly loved one is a victim of nursing home abuse in Connecticut, look for one or more of the following signs:

• Tension between your loved one and a caregiver–Pay particular attention to their body language and eye contact. If it looks like your elderly relative is scared of the caregiver, chances are the caregiver may be abusing your loved one.
• Personality changes–This is not conclusive, seeing as meds can cause side effects like mood swings; the same applies to some medical conditions. But if there’s no obvious reason for their sudden personality change, you might want to get to the root of the problem.
• Rapid weight loss–This might be caused by malnutrition and/or neglect.
• Dirty or soiled clothing–This is usually solid evidence of neglect.
• Signs of bruising, welts, or injuries–This can also be attributed to things like your elderly relative slipping in the shower. A sure way to know that something is amiss is if you ask your elderly relative about it and he or she waves it off.
• Poor hygiene and unsanitary living conditions–This is yet another piece of solid evidence that your loved one is neglected by the very people who should be providing round-the-clock care.
• Sores and foul odors–Bedsores are particularly common in elderly people who are neglected by their caregivers.
• Genital infections–This is often common in elder sexual abuse cases.
• The caregiver is unwilling to leave your loved one alone with you–This usually happens when the caregiver fears that your loved one will expose the mistreatment that has been going on. If the nursing home staff always hangs around you and your loved one when you’re around, and your loved one seems fearful, this may indicate that he or she is being abused by the caregiver.
• Worsening health condition–This can be caused by the caregiver failing to give your loved one medication on time.

If you notice one or more of these signs, you need to take fast legal action. Otherwise, the offenders will continue to mistreat your loved one and other residents. Unfortunately, many abusive caregivers have had years of practice. As a result, it might be hard to substantiate your allegations.

This is why you need a competent CT nursing home abuse law firm. At Gould Injury Law, we’re familiar with many tricks used by CT nursing home staff to hide elder abuse.

With our expertise and knowledge, we’ll work hard and fast to find the evidence necessary to confirm your suspicions. Once we do, we’ll then sue the nursing home and get the justice that’s due to you and your loved one.

Don’t wait to get your loved one justice. Contact us immediately at 888-WIN-FAST to schedule a zero-cost consultation and discuss your case.