When you make the difficult decision to place your loved ones in a nursing home, you want them to be treated with the respect and dignity they deserve. But too often, nursing home patients are given poor care, neglected or even abused. Sometimes, such mistreatment can result in serious injury or even death.

If you suspect your loved one is being neglected, mistreated or abused in a nursing home:

• Is he/she withdrawn when you visit?
• Does he/she exhibit forms of depression, passivity, guilt, fear or hopelessness?
• Has his/her personality changed?

Nursing home abuse can involve physical battery, sexual assault, use of unprescribed or unreasonable physical restraints, deprivation of food or water, and unauthorized use of psychotrophic drugs. Signs of physical abuse or neglect include malnutrition, soiled clothes and bedding, unexplained bruises, swelling or pain, broken bones, falls or heavy sedation.

At Hourigan, Kluger & Quinn, we have handled many cases involving the mistreatment of patients in nursing homes.

If you believe your loved one might have been the victim of nursing home abuse or neglect, contact HKQ today for a FREE consultation. Don't wait. Waiting to talk to us could jeopardize your legal rights.