Seattle Nursing Home Neglect Attorneys
Signs of Nursing Home Abuse
The Bernard Law Group has been representing the victims of nursing home abuse and neglect for years. Our team of devoted Seattle Washington elder abuse lawyers represents those persons who have suffered monetary loss, serious injury, personal loss and future damages due to negligence, including, but not limited to, nursing home abuse and nursing home neglect.
Residents of nursing homes undergo different types of abuse at the hands of their care providers. Some signs of potential nursing home abuse or nursing home neglect are:
Physical Abuse
- Unnecessary use of chemical or physical restraints
- Burns on the body
- Being confined to a room
- Any allegation of mistreatment
- Lack of water or food
- Excessive physical touching
- Use of heavy sedatives
- Any forceful movement
- Unexplained wounds
- Untreated wounds
- Bruises on the skin
- Improper dosage of medication
- Black eye
- Broken bones
Verbal or Emotional Abuse
- Extreme emotional sensitivity
- Emotional disturbance
- Nervousness
- Lack of communication
- Unexplainable behaviors
- Different behavior with friends and family
- Isolation
- Withdrawing emotionally
- Unnecessary use of chemical restraints
Neglect
- Extreme emotional sensitivity
- Emotional disturbance
- Nervousness
- Lack of communication
- Unexplainable behaviors
- Different behavior with friends and family
- Isolation
- Withdrawing emotionally
- Unnecessary use of chemical restraints
Sexual Abuse
- Any and all unwelcome sexual contact
- Exposure of genitals or breasts
- Touching of breasts or genitals
- Bruising of the genitals or breasts
- Acquiring of a sexually transmitted disease
- Sexual harassment
- Torn or bloodied undergarments
