Nursing Home Injury Attorney in Ballantyne, NC

Nursing Home Abuse Cases in Union County, Mecklenburg County, Gaston County

We understand how angering and shocking it is to learn that your loved one is the victim of nursing home abuse. To ensure it does not continue, it is critical to take legal action against a nursing home if abuse or negligence occurred at the facility. With the help of the legal team at Law Office of Thomas D. Bumgardner, PLLC, a legal case can be filed to seek justice and full compensation for what occurred.

Contact the firm online or at (704) 870-4779. 

Types of Nursing Home Abuse

• Physical abuse: This can include pinching, hitting, kicking, punching, or other physically abusive behavior.
• Emotional abuse: An elderly person may be subjected to verbal or psychological abuse, over-control, isolating the resident from others, including family, threats, among other emotionally damaging actions. If your relative becomes withdrawn, fearful, and does not communicate with you, it may be a sign of emotional abuse.
• Neglect: A resident may suffer serious health consequences if a nursing home fails to provide the necessary medical and personal care. A resident may suffer from bedsores, dehydration, malnutrition, lack of personal hygiene, or develop a serious health condition requiring hospitalization.
• Over-medication: Some nursing homes have been found over-medicating residents to keep them quiet. If your loved one is always groggy, sleeping, or unable to communicate, it may be a sign that the individual is being over-medicated, which is particularly dangerous for older adults.
• Overuse of restraints: If your elderly relative has bruises on the wrists or ankles, it may indicate an overuse of restraints.
• Financial abuse: A care provider in a nursing home may take advantage of an elderly person, stealing valuables, gaining access to bank accounts, or other types of financial abuse.
• Sexual abuse: As difficult as it may be to comprehend or believe, some nursing home residents have been victims of sexual abuse inflicted by a care worker at the facility.