Nursing home abuse can be an emotionally loaded subject. Having to relinquish some control of the care and treatment of our elderly loved ones to a facility can make people feel guilty, anxious and upset. But few spouses, adult children or even extended family households are equipped to handle the activities of daily living support, much less any medical needs, that someone who is elderly and\/or medical frail may require. That is why nursing home and other senior care facilities are so prevalent in the U.S. \u2013 we need them.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, not all facilities are able to provide the care that patients require, either due to staffing issues, budget cuts, poor management, or a host of other issues. Nursing home abuse can be as overt as a patient who is physically or emotionally assaulted, or as subtle as when someone is neglected enough that they develop bedsores or dehydration. <\/p>\n