Types of Palm Beach Nursing Home Abuse
Florida nursing home abuse is much more involved and affects its victims much more deeply than many people care to see or believe. Elder abuse is defined as “a single, or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship in which there is an expectation of trust which causes harm or distress to an older person.”
All types of elder abuse are extremely harmful to the victim. The common denominator in all types of elder abuse is that someone attempts to use his or her power to negatively affect an individual who is older than him or her. Types of Palm Beach elder abuse include:
- Physical: Examples include hitting, kicking, pinching, slapping, cutting, pushing, restraining, burning, confining, or improperly medicating someone.
- Psychological/Emotional: Yelling, swearing, humiliating, frightening, name-calling, ridiculing, criticizing, falsely accusing, disrespecting, ignoring, and threatening are all forms of psychological abuse.
- Financial: Financial abuse includes illegal or unauthorized use of another’s property, money, or possessions. This may be accomplished by deception, threat, theft, or falsifying power of attorney.
- Sexual: Sexual abuse includes both the forcing of sexual acts on an unwilling person and unwelcome conversations of a sexual nature.
- Neglect: Depriving a person of the things they need to live comfortably, such as food, water, medication, clothing, shelter, heat, bedding, cleanliness, or safety.
- Abandonment: Deserting an elderly person with the intent to abandon them is a type of elder abuse.
If your loved one has suffered Palm Beach nursing home abuse, you need to stand up for his or her rights. Contact a Palm Beach elder abuse attorney at Fetterman & Associates for a consultation about Florida elder abuse cases. We will answer any questions you may have, for free, and help you and your loved one recover from this devastating injustice.
