Overworked Staff Causes Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect

Written by Adam Peck Category: Elder Law January 26th, 2013 2 min read

Nursing home abuse is a problem that stems from the overworked staff of nursing homes all crossways the country. Nurses with too many patients to handle are worn to the breaking point and beyond, often burning out and quitting, leaving nursing homes even shorter staffed. Those nurses that remain are often tired, overworked, and underpaid. None of this excuses neglect in nursing homes, but it certainly does seem to cause it in many cases.

In some cases, this mistreatment can lead to the death of the very loved ones that we were hoping to protect by placing them in the care of professionals. The very last thing that any of us wants to hear is that our loved one has passed away in a nursing home. It is even worse to hear that they had died of something that would have been entirely preventable with proper care.

Many nursing home patients in these places develop bed sores from lying in one position for too long. Others might get cuts or scrapes that become infected, and these infections are sometimes not noticed or properly cared for. Residents of nursing homes might have bandages that are infrequently changed or might become hurt while trying to move about and be left for extended periods of time by nurses and physicians who are too busy or exhausted to do a routine check.

This kind of neglect is the depressing result of understaffed nursing homes, and should not be treated as acceptable in any way. Our loved ones have been prefabricated to suffer, and the only way to make things superior for others is to ensure that the nursing homes are punished for their budget saving negligence.

If your relative’s passing was the event that led you to discover the neglectful ways of the nursing home, then a nursing home abuse and neglect lawyer will work with you to get you and your family the money for your suffering that will help you be healthy to financially move on with your lives.

It is a terrible thing, to see a helpless elderly mortal become the victim of abuse or neglect, but it happens each day. A nursing home abuse lawyer will try to help you ensure that it doesn’t happen again.

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Written by Adam Peck

Expertise: Personal Injury

Adam J. Peck, ESQ is a principal with Peck Law Group, APC. In 2008, Mr. Adam Peck received his Juris Doctorate from Whittier Law School where he graduated Cum Laude. His practice is primarily dedicated to representing Elders, Dependent Adults, along with their loved ones and family members, who have suffered horrific personal injuries.