Each year thousands of senior citizens are abused, neglected and exploited in nursing homes and other elder-care facilities, as well as by family members. "Nursing Home and Elder Abuse" is an umbrella term used to describe one or more of the following:

• Bedsores and skin ulcers
• Physical abuse, physical pain or injury, including broken bones
• Sexual abuse, e.g., non-consensual sexual contact of any kind
• Emotional or psychological mental anguish, e.g., humiliation, intimidation, or threats
• Financial or material exploitation, e.g., using the resources of an older person, without his/her consent, for someone else's benefit
• Neglect or failure of a caretaker to provide goods or services necessary to avoid physical harm, mental anguish or mental illness, e.g., abandonment, denial of food or health-related services.

Many victims are frail, vulnerable and cannot help themselves, often having to depend on others to meet their most basic needs. If you believe someone is being neglected in a nursing care facility, then there is a chance fellow residents are also under threat from this neglect. The issue is so widespread that legislatures in all 50 states have passed some form of elder abuse prevention laws. Knowing the warning signs of abuse is a first step toward protecting elderly friends or relatives.  For example, residents of care facilities may sustain physical injuries from abuse, such as bruised or broken bones. In other instances, neglect can cause dehydration and malnutrition or infections from untreated bedsores. At the Law Offices of Bradley A. Sacks we will investigate to determine if the State and Federal standards of care are being met. We will help you to protect your friend or relative and vigorously seek to obtain compensation for the harm caused to them by neglect, negligence or inhumane treatment.

If you are a concerned relative or friend of an elderly person whom you believe is suffering from abuse or negligence in a nursing home or by a family member or caregiver, contact us online, or telephone 212-349-6171 to set up a FREE consultation to discuss the situation
and legal options.