Query: Who is most likely to abuse the elderly or dependent adult?
Context: We have seen many types of dependent adult, senior care, and nursing home abuse and neglect. Here are a few examples of recent cases: Nursing home abuse and neglect leading to wrongful death A daughter was referred to our office by her employer when her elderly mother was left unattended and unrestrained and fell out of her bed at a nursing home and died.  We won the case and wrongful death damages were paid by the nursing home to the daughter. Skilled nursing facility neglect leading to bed sores In this case, damages for medical expenses and pain and suffering were paid by a skilled nursing care facility to an elderly patient who was found to have suffered bed sores because the caregivers failed routinely turn her. Dependent adult wrongful death choking case The survivors of a developmentally disabled adult who choked to death on food that should not have been served sought, and with our help, won damages for wrongful death against the nursing home and off-site day care facility. Senior living facility not accessible A resident of senior living apartment sought damages for the fractured hip sustained when she tried to exit a common area with a manual door while using her walker. In this case, we argued that the door should have had an automatic open function.