What is Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect?
Nursing home abuse cases come in many shapes and forms. Many residents suffer harm due to passive neglect caused by understaffing. In other cases, a staff member might become frustrated and inflict intentional harm on a resident.
Florida Statutes Chapter 400 covers many of the guidelines set for nursing homes and their employees. When the administrators of a nursing home fail to adhere to these guidelines, it opens the door for many types of harm, including: emotional abuse; physical harm such as slip and falls, bedsores, malnutrition, choking, and medication errors; sexual abuse; wrongful death; financial exploitation; unlawful or unnecessary confinement of patients; deprivation of patient needs; isolation from family.