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What You Need to Know About Elderly Abuse
Cassandra Stone
One of the rising cases of personal injury involves the elderly. 1 in 10 Americans suffers from elder abuse. You should talk to a lawyer after you notice that a loved one is suffering from elderly abuse. Here are some little-known facts about elderly abuse.
Risk Factors
The reason why elder abuse is not widely known is that it goes unreported. Relatives are liable for most elder abuse cases. This may be an adult niece/nephew or child. By forming bonds, family members can exploit elders more easily.
The other reason elder abuse goes unreported is that many older adults are mentally or physically impaired. In this condition, they are unable to ask for help. In many cases, bystanders notice signs of neglect.
Types of Injuries
Elder abuse involves different kinds of injuries. The most common are physical injuries, emotional injuries, sexual injuries, and financial injuries. Physical injuries involve any form of violence that results in physical discomfort and pain. Signs of physical injuries include sprains, bedsores, and signs of malnutrition.
Emotional injuries involve non-verbal types of emotional abuse like isolation, neglect, and terrorization. When seniors suffer from emotional abuse, they tend to be fearful and reluctant to speak with family and friends. They also suffer from helplessness and insomnia.
Another type of injury is sexual injury. This involves sexual contact with an older person without their permission. Last, there are financial injuries where an older person's funds or property are used without their permission. For example, a caretaker may steal their cash or misuse their funds.
Proving Elderly Abuse
To prove liability for elder abuse, your injury lawyer will need to review state law. For example, if the abuse involves a nursing home attendant, nurses are duty-bound to provide residents with healthy meals, administer medications, and monitor their health. There are federal regulations on the standards of care at nursing homes.
First, your lawyer has to establish negligence. This is where the caregivers fail to provide adequate care to an older person. Secondly, your personal injury attorney has to prove abuse. They have to identify signs of physical, emotional, sexual, or financial abuse.
Elderly abuse is a form of personal injury that is slowly rising in nursing homes and even at homes. The best way to address elderly abuse is to be more observant of your senior relatives. Consult a personal injury attorney through services like Phillip Koutsogiane Attorney at Law if you notice any sign of physical, emotional, sexual, or financial abuse.
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