New York Elder care Abuse Lawyer
Koenig Pierre, Esq.
“The True measure of a society can be found in how it treats the most vulnerable.” – Mahatma Gandhi.
Seniors often require special care as they progress in age. What they once could do for themselves, they now require others to do for them. For those who are most fortunate, families provide all the care they need. For others, they must rely on senior care facilities
Senior care is needed in order to maintain activities of daily living. As caregivers are tasked to assist seniors, the risk of abuse increases.
Unfortunately, elder abuse is a major issue affecting society. If you suspect that a loved one is being abused or mistreated, seek the assistance of a New York elder abuse lawyer to assist you in going through the legal claims process, recovering damages, and protecting the rights of your loved ones in their golden years.
New York Lawyer Representing The Elderly Against Nursing Home Abuse And Neglect
Koenig Pierre is a dedicated New York personal injury lawyer that handles elder care abuse, nursing home negligence injury, and other personal accident cases that result in wrongful death or severe injury that may permanently impact your loved ones’ long-term health.
“Those who respect the elderly pave their own path to success.” – African proverb.
Apart from elder abuse, Koenig Pierre will also handle personal injury cases that involve car accidents, slip and fall injuries, medical malpractice, truck accidents, elder abuse, dog bites, construction accidents, bicycle accidents, wrongful death, and other work-related injuries.
Koenig Pierre is committed to serving every client with personalized attention, compassionate customer service, and professionalism. Before you get carried away, call him today!
Any acts of physical, psychological, or financial harm to a senior constitute elder abuse. Elder abuse can be committed by home caretakers or institutions that are charged with the care of elderly residents, for example, nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
Elder abuse may include sexual assaults, neglecting, or hitting an elder patient. Patient neglect may have serious physical consequences for elder residents of assisted living facilities. Neglecting to adjust the position of bedridden patients may lead to painful sores and deadly infections and allowing patients to sit or lie in their own waste may lead to life-threatening infections.
Nursing homes have a duty not to mistreat their patients and to monitor a patient’s health. Far too often, exhausted staffers fail to notice progressive symptoms until a health condition has become unmanageable. Sometimes, they dispense the wrong dose of medication, administer the wrong medication, or forget to administer the prescribed medication, altogether.
Five Common Types of Elder Abuse
1. Physical Abuse
Physical abuse happens when someone causes bodily harm by hitting, pushing, or slapping. This may also include restraining an elder adult in a room or tying them to furniture.
2. Psychological Abuse
Psychological abuse includes a caregiver insulting, yelling, threatening, or neglecting an elderly patient. Preventing an elderly person from seeing close friends and relatives.
3. Neglect
Neglect occurs when the caregiver fails to respond to the elderly person’s physical, psychological and social needs. It may also include withholding food, water, and medications.
4. Sexual Abuse
Sexual abuse involves a caregiver forcing an elderly patient to engage in sexual acts or watch such acts.
5. Financial Abuse
Financial abuse happens when money, assets, or personal possessions are stolen from an elderly adult.
Contact A New York Elder Care Abuse Lawyer!
Despite protective laws and safety protocols elder abuse remains a frequent occurrence and when it does, families are devastated, and the elderly victim suffers irreparable trauma. Family members often play the blame game to explain the failure to uncover and prevent the abuse.
Koenig Pierre, a New York elder abuse lawyer understands these concerns and helps families through these difficult times. He will assist victims and their families pursue civil cases against perpetrators of elder abuse. Please contact him for a free consultation.
When visiting an elder loved one at their home, whether it be a nursing home or an assisted living facility, be weary of the following signs of abuse or neglect:
- Does not take part in activities he or she enjoys.
- Unclean appearance and dirty clothes.
- Striking weight loss.
- Withdrawn behavior, agitated or violent.
- They show signs of trauma, lack of eye contact, and rocking back and forth.
- Mysterious bruises, burns, scars, and cuts.
- Damaged possessions such as broken eyeglasses or signs of physical punishment or restraint.
- Signs of bed sores and other preventable conditions.
- Missing medical aids (walker, hearing aids, glasses, dentures, medications).
- Has an eviction or foreclosure notice or there are signs of other unpaid bills.
- Living in a hazardous, unsafe, or unclean condition.
If you see these signs of abuse, don’t ignore them, get to the bottom of what is going on. Speak with your older loved one and question the caretakers and nursing home staff. Your elderly loved one needs you to be their champion. Get help or report what you experience to adult protective services.
The information on this website is solely for general information purposes. The content on this website should NOT be taken as legal advice for any individual case or situation. This information is not intended to create an attorney-client relationship.
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