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When you move your family member to a nursing home, you place an enormous amount of trust that the facility will look after their well-being. When residents experience emotional and mental abuse in Long Island nursing homes, those facilities have breached the families’ trust and should face the legal consequences.
Our seasoned nursing home abuse attorneys at Duffy & Duffy understand how challenging it can be to watch your loved one experience the effects of nursing home abuse. We could work closely with your family to hold the responsible parties accountable.
In nursing homes, staff members may emotionally or verbally abuse residents in several ways, including:
They can also punish residents by isolating them, refusing to allow visitors, and preventing contact with other residents.
At Duffy & Duffy, we believe that nursing homes and caregivers should respect their residents at all times and that residents should not have to fear any form of abuse. Our determined Long Island legal team cares about helping correct the injustice of coercive emotional behavior and mental cruelty in senior care facilities.
Because nursing home residents do not always speak up about emotional and mental abuse, family members and friends often have to watch for signs of ongoing emotional trauma. Family members or friends who have spent quality time with their loved ones over the years would be the first to notice changes in personality, behavior, or habits before care facility staff do. If your loved one has suddenly started to act differently, you might begin to question what has gone wrong.
Some of the signs of emotional and physical abuse are as follows:
If you have seen signs that your loved one may have suffered psychological abuse and mistreatment in a senior care home on Long Island, our trusted and experienced attorneys could look for evidence of wrongdoing.
Unfortunately, many nursing home residents are hesitant to admit to being the targets of emotional or mental abuse for several reasons. They might feel ashamed or embarrassed or worry that admitting what happened might make them seem weak to family members and friends. They might also be unwilling to talk about the abuse for fear of retaliation. If they speak up to nursing home administrators or to their family members, they might fear that the staff member who has abused them will escalate the abuse. Sadly, some nursing home residents are unable to report the abuse because of physical or cognitive ailments that prevent them from being able to speak or even remember what has happened.
Experiencing or suspecting emotional and mental abuse in Long Island nursing homes can raise many difficult questions for family members. Fortunately, our dedicated legal team at Duffy & Duffy could help you search for answers.
Contact us today to schedule a consultation.
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